Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

SB 409 — Relating to: creating an online, interactive carbon calculator for farmers. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 63 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended bill SB 409 now focuses on creating an online carbon calculator specifically for farmers to measure their carbon emissions linked to agricultural activities. Notably, it mandates that this calculator must be operational by June 30, 2025. Additionally, the revised version emphasizes the importance of transparency in how data is used and protects farmers' privacy by keeping their information confidential and inaccessible to government entities for identification purposes. These changes aim to support farmers in minimizing their environmental impact while ensuring their data remains secure.

→
Previous
Latest
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBs0189/1 MCP:cjs SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO SENATE BILL 409 January 8, 2024 - Offered by Senator C OWLES .
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-4093/1 MCP:emw SENATE BILL 409 September 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators C OWLES, BALLWEG and CABRAL-G UEVARA, cosponsored by Representatives O LDENBURG , TRANEL, M URSAU, NOVAK, O'CONNOR , CHMIDT, SUBECK and K ITCHENS.
A N A CT to create 92.14 (18) of the statutes;
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism.
A N A CT to create 93.95 of the statutes;
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to develop and maintain, or contract with a nonprofit or certain institutions of higher education 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.
Analysis by the 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.
The bill requires the calculator to be online no later than June 30, 2025.
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.
If DATCP contracts with a third party to develop or maintain the calculator, the third party must ensure that all input factor values, calculations, processes, and formulas used in the calculator are transparent and easily accessible by the calculator's users and by DATCP.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
Under the bill, 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.
In addition, the bill prohibits DATCP, county conservation committees, and any other governmental unit from using any of the information provided to the calculator and users' calculated carbon emissions for any purpose if LRBs0189/1 - 2024 Legislature - 2 - MCP:cjs that information is capable of identifying the farmer or the exact location of the land associated with that information.
S ECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
92.14 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
93.95 of the statutes is created to read:
92.14 (18) O NLINE CARBON CALCULATOR FOR FARMERS.
93.95 Online carbon calculator for farmers.
(a) The department shall develop and maintain an online, interactive carbon calculator that may be used by farmers in this state to determine the carbon emissions produced directly and indirectly from their agricultural activities.
The department shall develop and maintain an online, interactive carbon calculator that may be used by farmers in this state to determine the carbon emissions produced directly and indirectly from - 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4093/1 MCP:emw SENATE BILL 409 SECTION 1 their agricultural activities.
(b) The department may contract with a 3rd party that is a nonprofit entity or an institution of higher education, as defined in s.
The department may contract with a third party to implement this section.
39.395 (1), to implement this subsection.
The department and any contracted third party shall keep confidential all information provided by users and users' calculated carbon emissions.
Any such contract shall require the 3rd party to ensure that all input factor values, calculations, processes, and formulas used in the calculator are transparent and easily accessible by the calculator's users and by the department.
(c) The department and any contracted 3rd party shall keep confidential all information provided by users and users' calculated carbon emissions.
No governmental unit of this state, including the department and any county conservation committee, may use any of the information provided to the calculator or a user's calculated carbon LRBs0189/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - MCP:cjs S ECTION 1 emissions for any purpose if that information is capable of identifying the farmer or the exact location of the land associated with that information.
SECTION 2.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) DEADLINE.
The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall complete and make available online the carbon calculator required under s.
92.14 (18) no later than June 30, 2025.
(2) FUNDING REQUEST.
The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall request under s.
13.101 that the joint committee on finance supplement the appropriation under s.
20.115 (7) (qd) with sufficient funds from the environmental fund for the purpose of developing and maintaining the carbon calculator required under s.
92.14 (18) or for costs associated with contracting with a 3rd party to develop and maintain the carbon calculator under s.
92.14 (18).
The committee may supplement that appropriation for that purpose without finding that an emergency exists under s.
13.101 (3) (a) 1.
If the department contracts with a 3rd party under s.
92.14 (18), the department may not submit a request for funding under this subsection until the request-for-proposals period is closed.
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  3. Available for scheduling

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

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

  6. Executive action taken

  7. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Senator Cabral-Guevara withdrawn as a coauthor

  9. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  10. Fiscal estimate received

  11. Public hearing held

  12. Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 129 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Subjects

environment technology agriculture
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 409?
SB 409 is sponsored by Cowles, Ballweg, and Cabral-Guevara, Rachael (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 409?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 409?
Track SB 409 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 409

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 409

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →