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House Bill No. 2640 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit

2020
Proposed Legislation
State of Kansas
This bill would establish an income tax credit for carbon farming in Kansas to incentivize agricultural practices that sequester carbon in the soil.

SB 286: Tax Credit for Carbon Farming

2020
Proposed Legislation
State of Florida
This bill establishes a tax credit for carbon farming in Florida.

SB 5947 – Sustainable Farms and Fields Bill

2020
Enacted Legislation
State of Washington
This bill creates a grant program to incentivize farmers and ranchers to reduce fossil fuel inputs and increase sequestered carbon.

H. 8062 – The Geoengineering Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
State of Rhode Island
This bill establishes a licensing procedure at the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) for persons seeking to engage in geoengineering activity, with the intent to protect the health, safety, and environment of the state.

S. 4875 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit

2020
Proposed Legislation
State of New York
This bill establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy.

Ore. Rev. Stat. §526.780 et seq. – Oregon forestry offsets

2019
Enacted Legislation
This law permits the state forester to develop contracts with non-federal forest landowners to market, register, transfer or sell forest carbon offsets, which includes activities related to afforestation and reforestation, as a stewardship incentive.

A.2718 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit

2019
Proposed Legislation
State of New York
This bill establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy.

Bill H.873 – Healthy Soils Program

2019
Proposed Legislation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
This bill creates a Healthy Soils Program within the Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water and Related Resources, which shall seek to optimize climate benefits while supporting the economic viability of agriculture in the state.

S.160 – An act relating to agricultural development

2019
Enacted Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill establishes the Soil Conservation Practice and Payment for Ecosystem Services Working Group and the Vermont Forest Carbon Sequestration Working Group.

S. 6599 – Climate Leadership and Community Protect Act

2019
Enacted Legislation
State of New York
This bill enacts the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) that sets a statewide target of net zero GHG emissions by 2050 and allows for the use of offset projects to meet the last 15 percent of emission reductions.

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