Missouri : 2025 Regular Session : BILL HB78
Grants the air conservation commission the authority to create standards and guidelines
Sponsor: Rep Steve Jordan & Rep Tim Taylor & Rep Mike Costlow
Bill Details
Grants the air conservation commission the authority to create standards and guidelines
Bill summary (AI generated)
Proposed Meaning) Unlike the "Freedom to Farm" bills, this legislation was a standalone environmental bill focused entirely on atmospheric prohibitions. Explicitly summarised as a "Chemtrails" bill in the legislative summary, it sought to prohibit the intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, apparatus, or substances into the atmosphere within Missouri's borders. The specific criteria for this prohibition were actions taken with the express purpose of affecting the weather, temperature, or the intensity of sunlight. Enforcement and Penalties) The bill proposed granting the Missouri Air Conservation Commission enforcement authority, which would have been responsible for establishing the standards and guidelines required to enforce the ban. The Department of Natural Resources was also authorised to promulgate necessary rules for administration, provided they complied with state administrative procedure laws.
History
The bill HB78, titled "Grants the air conservation commission the authority to create standards and guidelines," was prefiled in December 2024 and has since gone through its first and second readings in January 2025. Most recently, in May 2025, it was referred to the Emerging Issues Committee for further consideration. Next, the bill will be reviewed and debated by the Emerging Issues Committee, where members will evaluate its provisions and potentially make amendments. If the committee approves it, the bill will move forward for additional readings and votes on the floor of the House. If it does not pass out of committee, it may effectively be stalled or fail to progress further.
- Mon 02 Dec 2024 Prefiled (H)
- Wed 08 Jan 2025 Read First Time (H)
- Thu 09 Jan 2025 Read Second Time (H)
- Thu 15 May 2025 Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Bill text (Transcribed)
Missouri : 2025 Regular Session : BILL HB78
Grants the air conservation commission the authority to create standards and guidelines
FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 78
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN.
AN ACT
To amend chapter 643, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to air conservation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 643, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 643.680, to read as follows:
643.680. 1. 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 the sunlight is prohibited.
2. The air conservation commission of the state of Missouri established under section 643.040 shall establish standards and guidelines for the enforcement of this section.
3. The department of natural resources may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void.
Bill Summary
HB 78 -- CHEMTRAILS
SPONSOR: Jordan
This bill prohibits the intentional injection, release, ordispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, orapparatus into the atmosphere with the purpose of affectingtemperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight. TheMissouri Air Conservation Commission must establish standards andguidelines for the enforcement of the prohibition.
Grants the air conservation commission the authority to create standards and guidelines
FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 78
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN.
AN ACT
To amend chapter 643, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to air conservation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 643, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 643.680, to read as follows:
643.680. 1. 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 the sunlight is prohibited.
2. The air conservation commission of the state of Missouri established under section 643.040 shall establish standards and guidelines for the enforcement of this section.
3. The department of natural resources may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void.
Bill Summary
HB 78 -- CHEMTRAILS
SPONSOR: Jordan
This bill prohibits the intentional injection, release, ordispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, orapparatus into the atmosphere with the purpose of affectingtemperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight. TheMissouri Air Conservation Commission must establish standards andguidelines for the enforcement of the prohibition.