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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 409

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Relating to: creating an online, interactive carbon calculator for farmers. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Environmental protection Farmer

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to develop and maintain, or contract with a third party to develop or

maintain, an online, interactive carbon calculator that can be used by farmers in this

state to determine the carbon emissions produced directly and indirectly from their

agricultural activities. Information submitted by a user of the carbon calculator, and

a user's calculated carbon emissions, must be kept confidential and are not subject

to open records requests.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R)

9 cosponsors

Kitchens (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Schmidt (R) , Shankland (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jan 11, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jan 11, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Ballweg and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Tranel, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Schmidt, Subeck and Kitchens

  2. Sep 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 3, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  6. Dec 11, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Cabral-Guevara withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Jan 8, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  11. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  12. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  13. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1