Geoengineering Bills by State
| Bill # | Details | Effective | Status | |
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2023-2024 Regular Session
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| SB0134 | WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING | Sine die | ||
| A minimalist two-page bill that would ban all weather modification in Illinois but provides no penalties, no enforcement agency, and no mechanism for compliance, making it a symbolic prohibition rather than an enforceable law. |
Last update Tue 7 Jan 2025 |
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| Note: Assigned to Environment and Conservation, returned to assignments - no further action taken. | ||||
| SB3095 | WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING | Sine die | ||
| A word-for-word reintroduction of Senator Anderson's failed 2023 weather modification ban, which met the same fate in a different committee - twice postponed, then returned to Assignments, where it died without a vote despite an attempted amendment. |
Last update Tue 7 Jan 2025 |
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| Note: Twice, assigned to Executive committee, and returned to assignments until sine die | ||||
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2025-2026 Regular Session
Session Adjourn Sun 31 May 2026
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| SB1426 | WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING | Immediately | Introduced | |
| Illinois opts for the most straightforward possible approach to weather modification regulation: a complete prohibition with no accompanying enforcement provisions, penalties, or an administrative framework. |
Last update Thu 13 Mar 2025 |
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| Status: Held in the Assignments committee since Jan 2025 | ||||