On March 15, 2023, the Iowa House passed Senate Bill 262 on a 97-0 vote. The Bill had previously passed the Iowa Senate on March 6, 2023. If ultimately signed by Iowa Governor Kim.
The ruling, released Oct. 7 by an Iowa district court, prevents representatives from the Navigator carbon pipeline project to conduct preliminary surveys on private land. The judge said that this initial action will allow the court to look into the constitutionality of an Iowa law that allows these surveys in the first place. Brian Jorde, part of the group representing the landowners, is seeking a similar ruling in a South Dakota case against Summit Carbon.