GeoLawWatch: Tracking Weather & Climate Legislation

Tracking weather modification, cloud seeding, and geoengineering bills in real time across the US.

Geoengineering Bills by State

Bill # Details Effective Status
2025 Regular Session Session Adjourn Mon 16 Jun 2025
H0477 Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities Laid on table
Florida becomes the second state after Tennessee to ban weather modification, but goes further by creating a public airport surveillance network requiring monthly reports on aircraft "equipped with" potential dispersal components, and by dismantling its 68-year-old weather modification licensing program entirely rather than simply prohibiting new activities. Last update
Wed 30 Apr 2025
  Note: This bill was shelved to clear the way for the enrolled bill SB56
S0056 Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities 1 Jul 2025 Passed
Florida becomes the second state, after Tennessee, to ban weather modification, but goes substantially further by creating a mandatory airport surveillance network, establishing felony-level penalties with fines up to $100,000, and completely dismantling its 68-year-old weather modification licensing program rather than simply prohibiting new activities under it. Last update
Mon 23 Jun 2025
  Note: Now codified as Chapter 2025-157, Laws of Florida