US Healthy Soils Legislation Map and Table
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States with passed or pending soil legislation:
29
States with passed soil legislation:
10
States with pending soil legislation:
19
Passed Healthy Soils Legislation
| State | Bill # | Year(s) | Chamber | First Sponsor | Title or Brief Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | SB-859 | 2016 | Senate | Lois Wolk | Healthy Soils Program (HSP) | Passed |
| Illinois | HB 2737 | 2019 | House | Michael Halpin (D) | Soil & Water Conservation Dist | Passed |
| Maryland | HB687 | 2020 | House | Stein, Dana (D) | Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program | Passed |
| Maryland | SB0597 | 2020 | Senate | Ronald N. Young (D) | Expansion of the Maryland Agriculture Water Quality Cost-Share program | Passed |
| Massachusetts | Bill H.5250 | 2021 | House | Paul A. Schmid, III | Healthy Soils Program part of Economic Stimulus Package | Passed |
| Nebraska | LB 243 | 2019 | Unicameral | Gragert, Tim (R) | Create the Healthy Soils Task Force | Passed |
| New Mexico | HB 204 | 2019 | House | Nathan P. Small (D) | Healthy Soil Act | Passed |
| New Mexico | HB 89 | 2021 | House | Jack Chatfield | HEALTHY SOIL TAX REFUND CONTRIBUTION OPTION | Passed |
| Oklahoma | HB 1192 | 2001 | House | Clay Pope | Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act | Passed |
| Utah | H.B. 296 | 2021 | Assembly | Joel Ferry | Soil Health Amendments, This bill address programs related to health of soil, creates the Utah Soil Health Program, establishes the Soil Health Advisory Committee. Signed into law on March 16th by Governor Cox. | Passed |
| Vermont | H.525 | 2019 | House | House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry | Vermont Environmental Stewardship Program | Passed |
| Vermont | S.160 | 2019 | Senate | Senate Committee on Agriculture | Incentives for practices that improve soil health | Passed |
| Vermont | H.656 | 2020 | House | Partridge, Carolyn W. (D) | An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects | Passed |
| Washington | SB 5947 | 2019, 2020 | Senate | McCoy, John (D) | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Passed |
| Washington | SB 6306 | 2020 | Senate | Liias, Marko (D) | AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington soil health initiative; and adding a new chapter to Title 15 RCW. - An educational partnership to "promote and implement voluntary soil management actions." | Passed |
All Legislative Items
| State | Bill # | Year(s) | Chamber | First Sponsor | Title or Brief Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | HB2079 | 2021 | House | Dunn | Invasive species eradication — amended to include Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| California | AB-252 | 2021 | Assembly | Robert Rivas (D) | Multibenefit Land Repurposing Incentive Program Act | Pending |
| California | SB-322 | 2021 | Senate | John Laird (D) | California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program; includes soil health | Pending |
| California | AB-352 | 2021 | Assembly | Robert Rivas (D) | Agricultural land conservation: California Farmland Conservancy Program Act | Pending |
| California | AB-1086 | 2021 | Assembly | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) | An act relating to organic waste; includes soil health | Pending |
| California | AB-1500 | 2021 | Assembly | Eduardo Garcia (D) | Safe Drinking Water Act; includes $100M for soil health, etc. | Pending |
| California | AB 1508 | 2021 | Assembly | Health Flora | Health and Safety Code related to agriculture, included provision "to assess the co-benefits from healthy soil practices." | Pending |
| California | AB-296 | 2020 | Assembly | Assembly Member Cooley | Climate Innovation Grant Program: voluntary tax contributions | Pending |
| California | SB-1028 | 2020 | Senate | Dodd, Bill (D) | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| California | SB-253 | 2020 | Senate | Dodd, Bill (D) | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| California | SB-859 | 2016 | Senate | Lois Wolk | Healthy Soils Program (HSP) | Passed |
| Colorado | HB21-1180 | 2021 | House | Donald Valdez | Measures To Increase Biomass Utilization - includes improving soil health | Pending |
| Colorado | HB21-1181 | 2021 | House | Cleave Simpson | Agricultural Soil Health Program - Creation of a Voluntary Soil Health Program | Pending |
| Connecticut | H.B. 6496 | 2021 | House | AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOIL-RELATED INITIATIVES. | Pending | |
| Connecticut | SB 467 | 2021 | Senate | Sen. Kasser | AN ACT CONCERNING SOIL HEALTH | |
| Connecticut | HB 6647 | 2019 | House | Camillo, F. (R) | An Act Establishing A Regenerative Agriculture Program | Pending |
| Florida | HB 993 | 2021 | House | KELLY SKIDMORE (D) | Energy Act; includes Resilient Farms Pilot Program to promote soil health, etc. | Pending |
| Florida | SB 1362 | 2021 | Senate | Tina Scott Polsky | Energy; includes Resilient Farms Pilot Program to promote soil health, etc. | Pending |
| Florida | HB 1069 | 2020 | House | Joseph, Dotie (D) | Tax Credit for Carbon Farming | Tabled |
| Florida | SB 286 | 2020 | Senate | Jose Javier Rodriguez (D) | Tax Credit for Carbon Farming | Tabled |
| Georgia | 391-1-6 | Gov. Sonny Perdue | Georgia Conservation Tax Credit Program | Passed | ||
| Hawaii | SB964 | 2021 | Senate | Laura Acasio | RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB856 | 2021 | House | Tina Wildberger | RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB999 | 2021 | Senate | Daniel K. Inouye | RELATING TO FORESTRY | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB863 | 2021 | House | Lisa Marten | RELATING TO FORESTRY | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB1349 | 2021 | House | Lisa Marten | RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMPOSTING. Companion SB587 (SB3121/HB2407 in 2020) | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB2394 | 2020 | House | Saiki, Scott K (D) | Relating to Composting | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB2395 | 2020 | House | Saiki, Scott K (D) | Relating to Agriculture | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB2407 | 2020 | House | Saiki, Scott K (D) | Relating to Statewide Composting | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB2531 | 2020 | Senate | Kahele, K. (D) | Relating to Forestry | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB2532 | 2020 | Senate | Kahele, K. (D) | Relating to Composting | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB2704 | 2020 | Senate | Gabbard, T. (D) | Relating to Sustainable Agriculture | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB2709 | 2020 | Senate | Gabbard, T. (D) | Relating to Beginning Farmer Training | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB2934 | 2020 | Senate | Gabbard, T. (D) | Relating to Agriculture | Pending |
| Hawaii | SB3121 | 2020 | Senate | Gabbard, T. (D) | Relating to Statewide Composting | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB1894 | 2020 | House | Creagan, R. (D) | Relating to Beginning Farmer Training | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB2160 | 2020 | House | Creagan, R. (D) | Relating to Forestry | Pending |
| Hawaii | HB2167 | 2020 | House | Kobayashi, Dale (D) | Relating to Sustainable Agriculture | Pending |
| Illinois | HB2647 | 2021 | House | Kambium Buckner | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. Companions HB0804/SB1718/SB2436 | Pending |
| Illinois | SB1718 | 2021 | Senate | Cristina Castro | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. HB0804/HB2647/SB2436 | Pending |
| Illinois | HB0804 | 2021 | House | Ann M. Williams (D) | CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ACT; soil health may be in plans | Pending |
| Illinois | SB2436 | 2021 | Senate | Robert Peters | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. HB0804/HB2647/SB1718 | Pending |
| Illinois | HB3501 | 2021 | House | Sonya M. Harper (D) | Black Farmer Restoration Program; includes “focus on regenerating the soil, ecosystem, and local community" | Pending |
| Illinois | HB 2737 | 2019 | House | Michael Halpin (D) | Soil & Water Conservation Dist | Passed |
| Illinois | HB 2819 | 2019 | House | Miller, Charles (R) | DNR-Soil Health Practices | Tabled |
| Illinois | SB 1980 | 2019 | Senate | Scott M. Bennett (D) | Soil & Water Conservation Dist | Tabled |
| Iowa | SF376 | 2021 | Senate | Joe Bolkcom | Agriculture Act - climate adaptation advisory task force; includes soil health | Pending |
| Iowa | HF394 | 2021 | House | Charles Isenhart | soil health in leases of public land | Pending |
| Iowa | HF457 | 2021 | House | ISENHARt, Chuck (D) | An Act creating an agricultural land - sustainable agricultural land, soils, water quality, and land tenure initiative committee; includes soil health | Pending |
| Iowa | HF801 | 2021 | House | Agriculture Committee | An Act relating to the management of soil and water resources - nutrient reduction bill, includes soil health in soil and water conservation programs | Pending |
| Iowa | HF2111 | 2020 | House | Isenhart, Chuck (D) | An Act providing for the powers of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts | Pending |
| Iowa | HF2346 | 2020 | House | Isenhart, Chuck (D) | An Act providing for a healthy soils and watersheds Initiative | Pending |
| Iowa | HF 102 | 2019 | House | Isenhart, Charles (D) | Soil Resource Health and Recovery Monitoring System | Tabled |
| Iowa | HSB 78 | 2019 | House | Ross C. Paustian (R) | Cover Crop Property Tax Exemption | Tabled |
| Kansas | HB 2310 | 2021 | Rui Xu | Kansas Healthy Soils Initiative | ||
| Kansas | HB 2310 | 2021 | House | Rui Xu | Creating the Kansas healthy soils fund and the Kansas healthy soils initiative | Pending |
| Kansas | House Bill 2640 | 2020 | House | Rui Xu | Income tax credit for carbon farming | Tabled |
| Kentucky | HB560 | 2021 | House | Nima Kulkarni (D) | An act to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resource | Pending |
| Kentucky | House Bill 591 | 2020 | House | J. Graviss | Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Maine | SP179 | 2021 | Senate | Senator BRENNER | Establish Maine Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Maryland | HB687 | 2020 | House | Stein, Dana (D) | Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program | Passed |
| Maryland | SB0597 | 2020 | Senate | Ronald N. Young (D) | Expansion of the Maryland Agriculture Water Quality Cost-Share program | Passed |
| Maryland | HB1176 | 2020 | House | Stein, Dana (D) | Maryland Healthy Soils Grant Program | Pending |
| Maryland | HB395 | 2020 | House | Krimm, Carol L (D) | Maryland Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Maryland | HB589 | 2020 | House | Charkoudian, Lorig (D) | Solid Waste Management | Pending |
| Massachusetts | SD1581 | 2021 | Senate | Joseph A. Boncore | Act relative to food justice with jobs; includes soil health in Community Agriculture Standards | Pending |
| Massachusetts | HD3246 | 2021 | House | Adrian C. Madaro | Act relative to food justice with jobs; includes soil health in Community Agriculture Standards | Pending |
| Massachusetts | Bill H.5250 | 2021 | House | Paul A. Schmid, III | Healthy Soils Program part of Economic Stimulus Package | Passed |
| Massachusetts | HD3383 | 2021 | House | Sean Garballey | An Act relative to stormwater management and climate change adaptation incentives; includes soil health in ecological property tax exemption | Pending |
| Massachusetts | SF2729 | 2020 | Senate | Senjem, David H. (R) | Solar site management | Pending |
| Massachusetts | S.2404 | 2020 | Gobi, Anne M. (D) | An Act promoting healthy soils | Pending | |
| Massachusetts | H.873 | 2019 | House | Schmid, Paul A. III (D) | An Act to Promote Healthy Soils and Agricultural Innovation Within the Commonwealth | Pending |
| Massachusetts | S.438 | 2019 | Senate | Comerford, Joanne M. (D) | An Act to Promote Healthy Soils and Agricultural Innovation Within the Commonwealth | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF701 | 2021 | House | Todd Lippert | Soil-health farming goals, incentives, data collection and data privacy; soil-healthy farming program | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF 1113 | 2021 | Senate | Kent Eken | Soil-health farming goals, incentives, data collection and data privacy; soil-healthy farming program | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF 936 | 2021 | House | Todd Lippert | Soil health cost-sharing program. Companion: SF1036 | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF 1036 | 2021 | Senate | Foung Hawj | Soil Health Cost-Share Program establishment and appropriation. Companion: HF936 | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF1010 | 2021 | House | Todd Lippert | Soil health action plan, precision agriculture research and outreach, agricultural best management practice loan program. Companion: SF793 | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF793 | 2021 | Senate | Kent Eken | Statewide soil health action plan development appropriation; precision agriculture research and outreach appropriation; agricultural best management practices loan program funding increase | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF1609 | 2020 | House | Brand, Jeff | Soil health statewide action plan | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF2911 | 2020 | House | brand, Jeff | Energy; solar site management | Pending |
| Minnesota | HF3238 | 2020 | House | Lippert, Todd (D) | Farmer-to-farmer soil health education grant | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF1418 | 2020 | Senate | Eaton, Chris A. | Soil health statewide action plan | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF1637 | 2020 | Senate | Ruud, Carrie (R) | Working lands drinking water protection | Pending |
| Minnesota | SF2729 | 2020 | Senate | Senjem, David H. (R) | Solar site management | Pending |
| Minnesota | H1569 | 2020 | House | Lippert, Todd (D) | Drinking water protection pilot program | Pending |
| Montana | SB180 | 2021 | Senate | PAT FLOWERS | Establish an interim committee on soil health | Pending |
| Nebraska | LB 283 | 2019, 2020 | Unicameral | Brooks, Pansing (D) | Provide for a Climate Change Study | Tabled |
| Nebraska | LB 729 | 2019, 2020 | Unicameral | Walz, Lynne (D) | Adopt the Soil Health and Productivity Incentive Act | Tabled |
| Nebraska | LB 243 | 2019 | Unicameral | Gragert, Tim (R) | Create the Healthy Soils Task Force | Passed |
| Nebraska | LB 283 | 2019, 2020 | Unicameral | Brooks, Pansing (D) | Provide for a Climate Change Study | Tabled |
| Nebraska | LB 729 | 2019, 2020 | Unicameral | Walz, Lynne (D) | Adopt the Soil Health and Productivity Incentive Act | Tabled |
| New Hampshire | HB1562 | 2020 | House | Bixby, Peter (D) | Soil health and soil conservation in the state soil conservation plan | Pending |
| New Mexico | HB 89 | 2021 | House | Jack Chatfield | HEALTHY SOIL TAX REFUND CONTRIBUTION OPTION | Passed |
| New Mexico | SB 218 | 2019 | Senate | Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" (D) | Healthy Soil Act | Tabled |
| New Mexico | HB 204 | 2019 | House | Nathan P. Small (D) | Healthy Soil Act | Passed |
| New York | A05386 | 2021 | Assembly | Donna A. Lupardo | soil health and climate resiliency act. SAME AS S04722 | Pending |
| New York | A02042 | 2021 | Assembly | Didi Barrett | Carbon Farming - Establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy. Companion S04707 | Pending |
| New York | S4722 | 2021 | Senate | Michelle Hinchey | Establishes the soil health and climate resiliency act | Pending |
| New York | Bill S4707 | 2021 | Senate | Kevin S. Parker | Relates to establishing a carbon farming tax credit for farmers. Companion A02042 | Pending |
| New York | A 02718 | 2019, 2020 | Assembly | Barrett, Didi (D) | Carbon Farming Act | Pending |
| New York | S04875 | 2020 | Senate | Metzger, Jen (D) | "Carbon farming" tax credit | Pending |
| New York | A 02718 | 2019, 2020 | Assembly | Barrett, Didi (D) | Carbon Farming Act | Pending |
| North Dakota | SB 2342 | 2021 | Senate | Merrill Piepkorn | Healthy Soil Grant and Healthy Soil Assessment and Education Program | Tabled |
| Oklahoma | HB 1192 | 2001 | House | Clay Pope | Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act | Passed |
| Oregon | SB404 | 2021 | Senate | Floyd Prozanski | Relating to organic food production; includes soil health in program area | Pending |
| Oregon | HB2269 | 2021 | House | John Lively | Relating to organic food production; includes soil health in program area | Pending |
| Oregon | HB 2020 | 2019 | House | Dembrow, Michael (D) | Relating to Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Declaring an Emergency | Pending |
| Pennsylvania | Sen Bell 634 | 2019 | Senate | Gene Yaw | Conservation Excellence Grant Program | Passed |
| Rhode Island | H5955 | 2021 | House | Leonela Felix | Regenerative Agriculture Program Act; includes soil health. Companion S0468 | Pending |
| Rhode Island | S0468 | 2021 | Senate | Kendra Anderson | Regenerative Agriculture Program Act; includes soil health. Companion H5955 | Pending |
| South Carolina | H3543 | 2021 | House | JA Moore | Black Farmer Restoration Program; includes “focus on regenerating the soil, ecosystem, and local community” | Pending |
| Texas | SB1118 | 2021 | Senate | Nathan Johnson | On-The-Ground Conservation Program, includes improving soil health. Companion HB2619 | Pending |
| Texas | HB 2619 | 2021 | House | Terry M. Wilson | On-The-Ground Conservation Program, includes improving soil health. Companion SB1118 | Pending |
| Utah | H.B. 296 | 2021 | Senate | JOEL FERRY | SOIL HEALTH AMENDMENTS: adds soil health to purpose of Conservation Commission, creates Soil Health Program and Advisory Committee | |
| Utah | H.B. 296 | 2021 | Assembly | Joel Ferry | Soil Health Amendments, This bill address programs related to health of soil, creates the Utah Soil Health Program, establishes the Soil Health Advisory Committee. Signed into law on March 16th by Governor Cox. | Passed |
| Utah | H.C.R. 8 | 2015 | Unicameral | Michael E. Noel | Concurrent Resolution on Carbon Sequestration on Rangelands | Passed |
| Vermont | H.656 | 2020 | House | Partridge, Carolyn W. (D) | An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects | Passed |
| Vermont | H.525 | 2019 | House | House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry | Vermont Environmental Stewardship Program | Passed |
| Vermont | S.160 | 2019 | Senate | Senate Committee on Agriculture | Incentives for practices that improve soil health | Passed |
| Washington | SB5286 | 2021 | Senate | Mona Das | Establishing a statewide organic waste management goal; includes monitoring and improving soil health Wisconsin |
Pending |
| Washington | SB 5947 | 2019, 2020 | Senate | McCoy, John (D) | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Passed |
| Washington | SB 6306 | 2020 | Senate | Liias, Marko (D) | AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington soil health initiative; and adding a new chapter to Title 15 RCW. - An educational partnership to "promote and implement voluntary soil management actions." | Passed |
| Washington | HB 2095 | 2019, 2020 | House | Walsh, Jim (R) | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Tabled |
| Washington | SB 5947 | 2019, 2020 | Senate | McCoy, John (D) | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Passed |
| Washington | HB 2095 | 2019, 2020 | House | Walsh, Jim (R) | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Tabled |
| Wisconsin | SB1111 | 2021 | Senate | Joint Committee on Finance | technical assistance for resource conservation, includes promotion of soil health. Companion AB68 (SB856/AB919 in 2020) | Pending |
| Wisconsin | AB68 | 2021 | Assembly | Joint Committee on Finance | technical assistance for resource conservation, includes promotion of soil health. Companion SB111 (SB856/AB919 in 2020), | Pending |
| Wisconsin | AB795 | 2020 | Assembly | Tranel, Travis (R) | Crop insurance rebate for cover crops | Pending |
| Wisconsin | AB919 | 2020 | Assembly | Shankland, Katrina (D) | An act providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health | Pending |
| Wisconsin | SB715 | 2020 | Senate | Cowles, Robert L. (R) | Crop insurance rebate for cover crops | Pending |
| Wisconsin | SB856 | 2020 | Senate | Miller, Mark (D) | An act providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health | Pending |
Legislative Items by Sponsor
| First Sponsor | State | Chamber | Bill # | Year(s) | Title or Brief Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | House | H.B. 6496 | 2021 | AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOIL-RELATED INITIATIVES. | Pending | |
| Adrian C. Madaro | Massachusetts | House | HD3246 | 2021 | Act relative to food justice with jobs; includes soil health in Community Agriculture Standards | Pending |
| Agriculture Committee | Iowa | House | HF801 | 2021 | An Act relating to the management of soil and water resources - nutrient reduction bill, includes soil health in soil and water conservation programs | Pending |
| Ann M. Williams (D) | Illinois | House | HB0804 | 2021 | CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ACT; soil health may be in plans | Pending |
| Assembly Member Cooley | California | Assembly | AB-296 | 2020 | Climate Innovation Grant Program: voluntary tax contributions | Pending |
| Barrett, Didi (D) | New York | Assembly | A 02718 | 2019, 2020 | Carbon Farming Act | Pending |
| Barrett, Didi (D) | New York | Assembly | A 02718 | 2019, 2020 | Carbon Farming Act | Pending |
| Bixby, Peter (D) | New Hampshire | House | HB1562 | 2020 | Soil health and soil conservation in the state soil conservation plan | Pending |
| brand, Jeff | Minnesota | House | HF2911 | 2020 | Energy; solar site management | Pending |
| Brand, Jeff | Minnesota | House | HF1609 | 2020 | Soil health statewide action plan | Pending |
| Brooks, Pansing (D) | Nebraska | Unicameral | LB 283 | 2019, 2020 | Provide for a Climate Change Study | Tabled |
| Brooks, Pansing (D) | Nebraska | Unicameral | LB 283 | 2019, 2020 | Provide for a Climate Change Study | Tabled |
| Camillo, F. (R) | Connecticut | House | HB 6647 | 2019 | An Act Establishing A Regenerative Agriculture Program | Pending |
| Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) | California | Assembly | AB-1086 | 2021 | An act relating to organic waste; includes soil health | Pending |
| Charkoudian, Lorig (D) | Maryland | House | HB589 | 2020 | Solid Waste Management | Pending |
| Charles Isenhart | Iowa | House | HF394 | 2021 | soil health in leases of public land | Pending |
| Clay Pope | Oklahoma | House | HB 1192 | 2001 | Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act | Passed |
| Cleave Simpson | Colorado | House | HB21-1181 | 2021 | Agricultural Soil Health Program - Creation of a Voluntary Soil Health Program | Pending |
| Comerford, Joanne M. (D) | Massachusetts | Senate | S.438 | 2019 | An Act to Promote Healthy Soils and Agricultural Innovation Within the Commonwealth | Pending |
| Cowles, Robert L. (R) | Wisconsin | Senate | SB715 | 2020 | Crop insurance rebate for cover crops | Pending |
| Creagan, R. (D) | Hawaii | House | HB1894 | 2020 | Relating to Beginning Farmer Training | Pending |
| Creagan, R. (D) | Hawaii | House | HB2160 | 2020 | Relating to Forestry | Pending |
| Cristina Castro | Illinois | Senate | SB1718 | 2021 | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. HB0804/HB2647/SB2436 | Pending |
| Daniel K. Inouye | Hawaii | Senate | SB999 | 2021 | RELATING TO FORESTRY | Pending |
| Dembrow, Michael (D) | Oregon | House | HB 2020 | 2019 | Relating to Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Declaring an Emergency | Pending |
| Didi Barrett | New York | Assembly | A02042 | 2021 | Carbon Farming - Establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy. Companion S04707 | Pending |
| Dodd, Bill (D) | California | Senate | SB-1028 | 2020 | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| Dodd, Bill (D) | California | Senate | SB-253 | 2020 | Environmental Farming Incentive Program | Pending |
| Donald Valdez | Colorado | House | HB21-1180 | 2021 | Measures To Increase Biomass Utilization - includes improving soil health | Pending |
| Donna A. Lupardo | New York | Assembly | A05386 | 2021 | soil health and climate resiliency act. SAME AS S04722 | Pending |
| Dunn | Arizona | House | HB2079 | 2021 | Invasive species eradication — amended to include Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Eaton, Chris A. | Minnesota | Senate | SF1418 | 2020 | Soil health statewide action plan | Pending |
| Eduardo Garcia (D) | California | Assembly | AB-1500 | 2021 | Safe Drinking Water Act; includes $100M for soil health, etc. | Pending |
| Floyd Prozanski | Oregon | Senate | SB404 | 2021 | Relating to organic food production; includes soil health in program area | Pending |
| Foung Hawj | Minnesota | Senate | SF 1036 | 2021 | Soil Health Cost-Share Program establishment and appropriation. Companion: HF936 | Pending |
| Gabbard, T. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB2704 | 2020 | Relating to Sustainable Agriculture | Pending |
| Gabbard, T. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB2709 | 2020 | Relating to Beginning Farmer Training | Pending |
| Gabbard, T. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB2934 | 2020 | Relating to Agriculture | Pending |
| Gabbard, T. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB3121 | 2020 | Relating to Statewide Composting | Pending |
| Gene Yaw | Pennsylvania | Senate | Sen Bell 634 | 2019 | Conservation Excellence Grant Program | Passed |
| Gobi, Anne M. (D) | Massachusetts | S.2404 | 2020 | An Act promoting healthy soils | Pending | |
| Gov. Sonny Perdue | Georgia | 391-1-6 | Georgia Conservation Tax Credit Program | Passed | ||
| Gragert, Tim (R) | Nebraska | Unicameral | LB 243 | 2019 | Create the Healthy Soils Task Force | Passed |
| Health Flora | California | Assembly | AB 1508 | 2021 | Health and Safety Code related to agriculture, included provision "to assess the co-benefits from healthy soil practices." | Pending |
| House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry | Vermont | House | H.525 | 2019 | Vermont Environmental Stewardship Program | Passed |
| Isenhart, Charles (D) | Iowa | House | HF 102 | 2019 | Soil Resource Health and Recovery Monitoring System | Tabled |
| ISENHARt, Chuck (D) | Iowa | House | HF457 | 2021 | An Act creating an agricultural land - sustainable agricultural land, soils, water quality, and land tenure initiative committee; includes soil health | Pending |
| Isenhart, Chuck (D) | Iowa | House | HF2111 | 2020 | An Act providing for the powers of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts | Pending |
| Isenhart, Chuck (D) | Iowa | House | HF2346 | 2020 | An Act providing for a healthy soils and watersheds Initiative | Pending |
| J. Graviss | Kentucky | House | House Bill 591 | 2020 | Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| JA Moore | South Carolina | House | H3543 | 2021 | Black Farmer Restoration Program; includes “focus on regenerating the soil, ecosystem, and local community” | Pending |
| Jack Chatfield | New Mexico | House | HB 89 | 2021 | HEALTHY SOIL TAX REFUND CONTRIBUTION OPTION | Passed |
| Joe Bolkcom | Iowa | Senate | SF376 | 2021 | Agriculture Act - climate adaptation advisory task force; includes soil health | Pending |
| Joel Ferry | Utah | Assembly | H.B. 296 | 2021 | Soil Health Amendments, This bill address programs related to health of soil, creates the Utah Soil Health Program, establishes the Soil Health Advisory Committee. Signed into law on March 16th by Governor Cox. | Passed |
| JOEL FERRY | Utah | Senate | H.B. 296 | 2021 | SOIL HEALTH AMENDMENTS: adds soil health to purpose of Conservation Commission, creates Soil Health Program and Advisory Committee | |
| John Laird (D) | California | Senate | SB-322 | 2021 | California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program; includes soil health | Pending |
| John Lively | Oregon | House | HB2269 | 2021 | Relating to organic food production; includes soil health in program area | Pending |
| Joint Committee on Finance | Wisconsin | Senate | SB1111 | 2021 | technical assistance for resource conservation, includes promotion of soil health. Companion AB68 (SB856/AB919 in 2020) | Pending |
| Joint Committee on Finance | Wisconsin | Assembly | AB68 | 2021 | technical assistance for resource conservation, includes promotion of soil health. Companion SB111 (SB856/AB919 in 2020), | Pending |
| Jose Javier Rodriguez (D) | Florida | Senate | SB 286 | 2020 | Tax Credit for Carbon Farming | Tabled |
| Joseph A. Boncore | Massachusetts | Senate | SD1581 | 2021 | Act relative to food justice with jobs; includes soil health in Community Agriculture Standards | Pending |
| Joseph, Dotie (D) | Florida | House | HB 1069 | 2020 | Tax Credit for Carbon Farming | Tabled |
| Kahele, K. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB2531 | 2020 | Relating to Forestry | Pending |
| Kahele, K. (D) | Hawaii | Senate | SB2532 | 2020 | Relating to Composting | Pending |
| Kambium Buckner | Illinois | House | HB2647 | 2021 | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. Companions HB0804/SB1718/SB2436 | Pending |
| KELLY SKIDMORE (D) | Florida | House | HB 993 | 2021 | Energy Act; includes Resilient Farms Pilot Program to promote soil health, etc. | Pending |
| Kendra Anderson | Rhode Island | Senate | S0468 | 2021 | Regenerative Agriculture Program Act; includes soil health. Companion H5955 | Pending |
| Kent Eken | Minnesota | Senate | SF 1113 | 2021 | Soil-health farming goals, incentives, data collection and data privacy; soil-healthy farming program | Pending |
| Kent Eken | Minnesota | Senate | SF793 | 2021 | Statewide soil health action plan development appropriation; precision agriculture research and outreach appropriation; agricultural best management practices loan program funding increase | Pending |
| Kevin S. Parker | New York | Senate | Bill S4707 | 2021 | Relates to establishing a carbon farming tax credit for farmers. Companion A02042 | Pending |
| Kobayashi, Dale (D) | Hawaii | House | HB2167 | 2020 | Relating to Sustainable Agriculture | Pending |
| Krimm, Carol L (D) | Maryland | House | HB395 | 2020 | Maryland Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Laura Acasio | Hawaii | Senate | SB964 | 2021 | RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT | Pending |
| Leonela Felix | Rhode Island | House | H5955 | 2021 | Regenerative Agriculture Program Act; includes soil health. Companion S0468 | Pending |
| Liias, Marko (D) | Washington | Senate | SB 6306 | 2020 | AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington soil health initiative; and adding a new chapter to Title 15 RCW. - An educational partnership to "promote and implement voluntary soil management actions." | Passed |
| Lippert, Todd (D) | Minnesota | House | HF3238 | 2020 | Farmer-to-farmer soil health education grant | Pending |
| Lippert, Todd (D) | Minnesota | House | H1569 | 2020 | Drinking water protection pilot program | Pending |
| Lisa Marten | Hawaii | House | HB863 | 2021 | RELATING TO FORESTRY | Pending |
| Lisa Marten | Hawaii | House | HB1349 | 2021 | RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMPOSTING. Companion SB587 (SB3121/HB2407 in 2020) | Pending |
| Lois Wolk | California | Senate | SB-859 | 2016 | Healthy Soils Program (HSP) | Passed |
| McCoy, John (D) | Washington | Senate | SB 5947 | 2019, 2020 | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Passed |
| McCoy, John (D) | Washington | Senate | SB 5947 | 2019, 2020 | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Passed |
| Merrill Piepkorn | North Dakota | Senate | SB 2342 | 2021 | Healthy Soil Grant and Healthy Soil Assessment and Education Program | Tabled |
| Metzger, Jen (D) | New York | Senate | S04875 | 2020 | "Carbon farming" tax credit | Pending |
| Michael E. Noel | Utah | Unicameral | H.C.R. 8 | 2015 | Concurrent Resolution on Carbon Sequestration on Rangelands | Passed |
| Michael Halpin (D) | Illinois | House | HB 2737 | 2019 | Soil & Water Conservation Dist | Passed |
| Michelle Hinchey | New York | Senate | S4722 | 2021 | Establishes the soil health and climate resiliency act | Pending |
| Miller, Charles (R) | Illinois | House | HB 2819 | 2019 | DNR-Soil Health Practices | Tabled |
| Miller, Mark (D) | Wisconsin | Senate | SB856 | 2020 | An act providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health | Pending |
| Mona Das | Washington | Senate | SB5286 | 2021 | Establishing a statewide organic waste management goal; includes monitoring and improving soil health Wisconsin |
Pending |
| Nathan Johnson | Texas | Senate | SB1118 | 2021 | On-The-Ground Conservation Program, includes improving soil health. Companion HB2619 | Pending |
| Nathan P. Small (D) | New Mexico | House | HB 204 | 2019 | Healthy Soil Act | Passed |
| Nima Kulkarni (D) | Kentucky | House | HB560 | 2021 | An act to establish a Healthy Soils Program and a Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resource | Pending |
| Partridge, Carolyn W. (D) | Vermont | House | H.656 | 2020 | An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects | Passed |
| PAT FLOWERS | Montana | Senate | SB180 | 2021 | Establish an interim committee on soil health | Pending |
| Paul A. Schmid, III | Massachusetts | House | Bill H.5250 | 2021 | Healthy Soils Program part of Economic Stimulus Package | Passed |
| Robert Peters | Illinois | Senate | SB2436 | 2021 | includes Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act; soil health may be in plans. HB0804/HB2647/SB1718 | Pending |
| Robert Rivas (D) | California | Assembly | AB-252 | 2021 | Multibenefit Land Repurposing Incentive Program Act | Pending |
| Robert Rivas (D) | California | Assembly | AB-352 | 2021 | Agricultural land conservation: California Farmland Conservancy Program Act | Pending |
| Ronald N. Young (D) | Maryland | Senate | SB0597 | 2020 | Expansion of the Maryland Agriculture Water Quality Cost-Share program | Passed |
| Ross C. Paustian (R) | Iowa | House | HSB 78 | 2019 | Cover Crop Property Tax Exemption | Tabled |
| Rui Xu | Kansas | House | HB 2310 | 2021 | Creating the Kansas healthy soils fund and the Kansas healthy soils initiative | Pending |
| Rui Xu | Kansas | HB 2310 | 2021 | Kansas Healthy Soils Initiative | ||
| Rui Xu | Kansas | House | House Bill 2640 | 2020 | Income tax credit for carbon farming | Tabled |
| Ruud, Carrie (R) | Minnesota | Senate | SF1637 | 2020 | Working lands drinking water protection | Pending |
| Saiki, Scott K (D) | Hawaii | House | HB2394 | 2020 | Relating to Composting | Pending |
| Saiki, Scott K (D) | Hawaii | House | HB2395 | 2020 | Relating to Agriculture | Pending |
| Saiki, Scott K (D) | Hawaii | House | HB2407 | 2020 | Relating to Statewide Composting | Pending |
| Schmid, Paul A. III (D) | Massachusetts | House | H.873 | 2019 | An Act to Promote Healthy Soils and Agricultural Innovation Within the Commonwealth | Pending |
| Scott M. Bennett (D) | Illinois | Senate | SB 1980 | 2019 | Soil & Water Conservation Dist | Tabled |
| Sean Garballey | Massachusetts | House | HD3383 | 2021 | An Act relative to stormwater management and climate change adaptation incentives; includes soil health in ecological property tax exemption | Pending |
| Sen. Kasser | Connecticut | Senate | SB 467 | 2021 | AN ACT CONCERNING SOIL HEALTH | |
| Senate Committee on Agriculture | Vermont | Senate | S.160 | 2019 | Incentives for practices that improve soil health | Passed |
| Senator BRENNER | Maine | Senate | SP179 | 2021 | Establish Maine Healthy Soils Program | Pending |
| Senjem, David H. (R) | Massachusetts | Senate | SF2729 | 2020 | Solar site management | Pending |
| Senjem, David H. (R) | Minnesota | Senate | SF2729 | 2020 | Solar site management | Pending |
| Shankland, Katrina (D) | Wisconsin | Assembly | AB919 | 2020 | An act providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health | Pending |
| Sonya M. Harper (D) | Illinois | House | HB3501 | 2021 | Black Farmer Restoration Program; includes “focus on regenerating the soil, ecosystem, and local community" | Pending |
| Stefanics, Elizabeth "Liz" (D) | New Mexico | Senate | SB 218 | 2019 | Healthy Soil Act | Tabled |
| Stein, Dana (D) | Maryland | House | HB687 | 2020 | Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program | Passed |
| Stein, Dana (D) | Maryland | House | HB1176 | 2020 | Maryland Healthy Soils Grant Program | Pending |
| Terry M. Wilson | Texas | House | HB 2619 | 2021 | On-The-Ground Conservation Program, includes improving soil health. Companion SB1118 | Pending |
| Tina Scott Polsky | Florida | Senate | SB 1362 | 2021 | Energy; includes Resilient Farms Pilot Program to promote soil health, etc. | Pending |
| Tina Wildberger | Hawaii | House | HB856 | 2021 | RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT | Pending |
| Todd Lippert | Minnesota | House | HF701 | 2021 | Soil-health farming goals, incentives, data collection and data privacy; soil-healthy farming program | Pending |
| Todd Lippert | Minnesota | House | HF 936 | 2021 | Soil health cost-sharing program. Companion: SF1036 | Pending |
| Todd Lippert | Minnesota | House | HF1010 | 2021 | Soil health action plan, precision agriculture research and outreach, agricultural best management practice loan program. Companion: SF793 | Pending |
| Tranel, Travis (R) | Wisconsin | Assembly | AB795 | 2020 | Crop insurance rebate for cover crops | Pending |
| Walsh, Jim (R) | Washington | House | HB 2095 | 2019, 2020 | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Tabled |
| Walsh, Jim (R) | Washington | House | HB 2095 | 2019, 2020 | Establishing the Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program | Tabled |
| Walz, Lynne (D) | Nebraska | Unicameral | LB 729 | 2019, 2020 | Adopt the Soil Health and Productivity Incentive Act | Tabled |
| Walz, Lynne (D) | Nebraska | Unicameral | LB 729 | 2019, 2020 | Adopt the Soil Health and Productivity Incentive Act | Tabled |
Map summary: Legislation status by state
| State | Status |
|---|---|
| Alabama | No legislation proposed |
| Alaska | No legislation proposed |
| Arizona | Legislation pending |
| Arkansas | No legislation proposed |
| California | Some legislation passed |
| Colorado | Legislation pending |
| Connecticut | Legislation pending |
| Delaware | No legislation proposed |
| Florida | Legislation pending |
| Georgia | Related legislation passed |
| Hawaii | Legislation pending |
| Idaho | No legislation proposed |
| Illinois | Some legislation passed |
| Indiana | No legislation proposed |
| Iowa | Legislation pending |
| Kansas | Legislation pending |
| Kentucky | Legislation pending |
| Louisiana | No legislation proposed |
| Maine | Legislation pending |
| Maryland | Some legislation passed |
| Massachusetts | Some legislation passed |
| Michigan | No legislation proposed |
| Minnesota | Legislation pending |
| Mississippi | No legislation proposed |
| Missouri | No legislation proposed |
| Montana | Legislation pending |
| Nebraska | Some legislation passed |
| Nevada | No legislation proposed |
| New Hampshire | Legislation pending |
| New Jersey | No legislation proposed |
| New Mexico | Some legislation passed |
| New York | Legislation pending |
| North Carolina | No legislation proposed |
| North Dakota | Legislation pending |
| Ohio | No legislation proposed |
| Oklahoma | Some legislation passed |
| Oregon | Legislation pending |
| Pennsylvania | Related legislation passed |
| Rhode Island | Legislation pending |
| South Carolina | Legislation pending |
| South Dakota | No legislation proposed |
| Tennessee | No legislation proposed |
| Texas | Legislation pending |
| Utah | Some legislation passed |
| Vermont | Some legislation passed |
| Washington | Some legislation passed |
| West Virginia | No legislation proposed |
| Wisconsin | Legislation pending |
| Wyoming | No legislation proposed |
| Virginia | No legislation proposed |