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An Act Requiring The Disclosure Of Chemicals Disbursed In The Air By The Federal Government And Weather Engineering Activities.

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed one chamber
  3. Passed both chambers
  4. Passed

Connecticut's one-paragraph concept bill asks the state environmental agency to post federal atmospheric chemical releases online, but provides no mechanism for actually obtaining that information from federal sources.

Our summary

This bill would require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)to disclose on its website any chemicals released into the air by the federal government.

  • DEEP would be required to post on its website any chemicals released into the air by the federal government.
  • The bill targets federal activities, including the release of chemicals through stratospheric aerosol injections, solar radiation modification experiments, and weather engineering projects.

The bill does not specify enforcement, penalties, how DEEP should obtain information, what format or timing to use, or consequences for noncompliance. It only provides a general instruction.

This type of bill, known as a concept, statement, or placeholder bill, is intended to show intent rather than serve as detailed legal language. The note "By Request" means the sponsor introduced it on behalf of a constituent, not as a primary legislative priority.

Official description

To require the disclosure of chemical releases by the federal government.

Legislative history

  1. Referred to Joint Committee on Environment

Additional documents

Bill text 
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 67
January Session, 2025

LCO No. 259
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
(By Request)

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICALS DISBURSED IN THE AIR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WEATHER ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to post on its Internet web site any chemicals that are disbursed in the air by the federal government, including, but not limited to, stratospheric aerosol injections, solar radiation modification experimentations and other weather engineering activities.

Statement of Purpose:
To require the disclosure of chemical releases by the federal government.