Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.
Air pollution Bills legislative Legislature Legislature — Committees
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the legislature, during the 2025-26 legislative session, to pass legislation creating a viable plan to reduce carbon emissions by 52 percent by 2030 and creating a viable plan for achieving carbon neutral emissions by 2050. Any plan created as required under the bill must maximize the impact of the plan on improving economic and racial equity.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)
31 cosponsors
Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski and Wall , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle and Sinicki , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sheehan (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 8
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
- Citizen Action of Wisconsin
- League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Inc
- National Association of Social Workers - Wisconsin Chapter
- Sierra Club Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards
- Wisconsin Conservation Voters
- Wisconsin Farmers Union
- Wisconsin Public Health Association
Full history
- Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Drake, Spreitzer, Wirch and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Tenorio, Madison, Hong, Cruz, Phelps, Arney, Sheehan, Rivera-Wagner, Stroud, Kirsch, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Neubauer, Udell, Stubbs, Palmeri, Haywood, Prado, Andraca and Joers
- Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
- Apr 21, 2025 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 23, 2025 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 30, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- May 27, 2025 · Senate
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Jul 16, 2025 · Senate
Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
- Sep 26, 2025 · Senate
Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski and Wall added as coauthors
- Oct 17, 2025 · Senate
Representative Spaude added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1