What We Know: Missouri Senator Josh Hawley wants to change the rules for building electric transmission lines across private property.
What It Means: He’s introduced four amendments to a Senate bill that would require landowners to receive at least 150 percent of fair market value when land is taken through eminent domain.
The proposals would also give states two years instead of one to review projects and limit when federal regulators can step in to approve power lines.
What’s Next: The changes are still proposals and have not become law.
(Photo courtesy of Josh Hawley, US Senate