Bills Discovered in the Current Session
Automatically updated every day from LegiScan.
| Bill # | Details | Effective | Status | |
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| Arizona | ||||
| HB2056 | Geoengineering; prohibition | 21 Jul 2025 | Missed deadline | |
| Geoengineering; prohibition |
Last update Tue 28 Jan 2025 |
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| Note: Awaiting hearing in House NREW; missed committee deadline – rule waiver required.- 2025 session due to end on 30th June 2025 | ||||
| SB1432 | Prohibition; geoengineering | 21 Jul 2025 | Missed deadline | |
| Prohibition; geoengineering |
Last update Tue 18 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: Engrossed; awaiting hearing in House NREW; missed committee deadline – rule waiver required - 2025 session due to end on 30th June 2025 | ||||
| Florida | ||||
| H0477 | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities | Laid on table | ||
| Repeals, revises, & creates provisions of weather modification law relating to duties of DEP, prohibited activities, civil penalties, reporting & investigation of violations, & funding expenditures. |
Last update Wed 30 Apr 2025 |
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| Note: This bill was shelved to clear the way for the enrolled bill SB56 | ||||
| S0056 | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities | 1 Jul 2025 | Passed | |
| Repealing provisions relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation, etc. |
Last update Mon 23 Jun 2025 |
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| Illinois | ||||
| SB1426 | WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING | Immediately | In recess until 2026 | |
| Creates the Weather Modification Act. Provides that any form of weather modification shall not be allowed in the State, including the seeding of clouds by plane or ground. Defines "seeding" as a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds. Effective immediately. |
Last update Thu 13 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: 2025 session adjourned 31st May 2025 | ||||
| Michigan | ||||
| HB4304 | Environmental protection: air pollution; dispersion of substances or objects into atmosphere; prohibit for purposes of affecting weather. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 5514b. | Introduced | ||
| Environmental protection: air pollution; dispersion of substances or objects into atmosphere; prohibit for purposes of affecting weather. Amends 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.101 - 324.90106) by adding sec. 5514b. |
Last update Thu 27 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025): After referral to House Regulatory Reform, this bill has skipped five consecutive committee meetings and still has not appeared on the agenda, leaving it stalled. | ||||
| New Hampshire | ||||
| HB764 | Prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition. | Missed crossover, resume 2026 | ||
| Prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition. |
Last update Thu 13 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: House bills had a deadline of 10 April to crossover to the Senate | ||||
| New Jersey | ||||
| S4161 | Prohibits release of certain substances into atmosphere for purposes of geoengineering. | Immediately | Introduced | |
| Prohibits release of certain substances into atmosphere for purposes of geoengineering. |
Last update Tue 25 Feb 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025): After referral to Senate Environment and Energy, this bill has skipped three consecutive committee meetings and still has not appeared on the agenda, leaving it stalled. | ||||
| New York | ||||
| A05476 | Prohibits the intentional injection, release or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather or the intensity of sunlight. | In recess until 2026 | ||
| Prohibits the intentional injection, release or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather or the intensity of sunlight. |
Last update Tue 13 May 2025 |
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| Note: 2025 session adjourned 12 June | ||||
| North Carolina | ||||
| H362 | Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban | Immediately | Missed crossover - resume 2026 | |
| Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban |
Last update Wed 12 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: The deadline for bills to cross over to the second house was 8 May 2025 | ||||
| S485 | Prohibit Geoengineering | Immediately | Missed crossover - resume 2026 | |
| Prohibit Geoengineering |
Last update Wed 26 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: The deadline for bills to cross over to the second house was 8 May 2025 | ||||
| Ohio | ||||
| HB272 | Regards food dyes, PFAS, fluoride, and certain substance releases | Introduced | ||
| To amend sections 3704.99 and 6109.20 and to enact sections 3704.21, 3715.591, 3745.61, 3745.62, 3745.63, 3745.64, 3745.65, 3745.66, and 3745.67 of the Revised Code to prohibit the use of certain food dyes and additives, the release of substances into the atmosphere for certain purposes, and intentionally added PFAS in various products, to revise the law governing fluoride, and to name this act the Protecting Utility and Resources for Enhanced Living, Improved Food, and Environment Act. |
Last update Wed 14 May 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025) A fairly recently introduced bill, but has not made the agenda for two meetings so far | ||||
| HB290 | Enact the Atmosphere Protection Act | Introduced | ||
| To enact section 2917.43 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from engaging in solar radiation modification, cloud seeding, or sunlight reflection methods, and to name the act the Atmosphere Protection Act. |
Last update Wed 21 May 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025): After its 21 May referral, the House Natural Resources Committee has not met again, so the bill is still waiting for its first hearing. | ||||
| Pennsylvania | ||||
| HB1167 | Prohibiting solar radiation modification or sunlight reflection methods, cloud seeding and polluting atmospheric interventions within this Commonwealth; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police and sheriffs; and imposing penalties. | Immediately | Introduced | |
| An Act prohibiting solar radiation modification or sunlight reflection methods, cloud seeding and polluting atmospheric interventions within this Commonwealth; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police and sheriffs; and imposing penalties. |
Last update Mon 7 Apr 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025): Since the bills referral, the House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee has met five times without putting the bill on the agenda, so it remains idle. | ||||
| SB508 | Prohibiting solar radiation modification or sunlight reflection methods, cloud seeding and polluting atmospheric interventions within this Commonwealth; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police and sheriffs; and imposing penalties. | Immediately | Introduced | |
| An Act prohibiting solar radiation modification or sunlight reflection methods, cloud seeding and polluting atmospheric interventions within this Commonwealth; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police and sheriffs; and imposing penalties. |
Last update Fri 21 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: (8 June 2025): This bill has missed one Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee so far. The bill sponsor, Mastriano, is actively pushing the bill, so it may appear on the next meeting, currently unscheduled. | ||||
| Rhode Island | ||||
| H5217 | Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation. | Missed deadlines | ||
| HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN AIR PRESERVATION ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation. |
Last update Thu 6 Feb 2025 |
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| Note: House committees had a deadline of 22 April to progress | ||||
| S0405 | Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation. | Missed deadlines | ||
| HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN AIR PRESERVATION ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation. |
Last update Wed 26 Feb 2025 |
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| Note: Senate committees had a deadline of 10 April to progress | ||||
| Introduced |
| Stalled / Superseded |
| Passed One Chamber |
| Passed Both Chambers |
| Enacted |
| Failed |
| Geoengineering | |
| Cloud Seeding | |
| Pollution | |
| Unknown |