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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 811

Considering the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE)

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 8, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Public Service Commission to consider the social cost of carbon in determining whether to issue certificates required to construct large electric generating facilities or high-voltage transmission lines or to engage in certain other public utility projects. The bill defines “social cost of carbon” as the social cost of carbon estimated in a technical support document prepared by the federal Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases for the use of federal agencies in preparing regulatory impact analyses.

Who's behind it

20 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 20 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (20)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 25, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jan 4, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Dec 8, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight.

  5. Dec 8, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Neubauer, J. Anderson, Emerson, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Conley, Considine, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Madison, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Larson, Agard, Taylor and Spreitzer

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate