Geoengineering Bills by State
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2023-2024 Regular Session
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| HB529 | Enact Atmosphere Protection Act | Died in committee | ||
| Ohio's 2024 Atmosphere Protection Act takes an unusual regulatory approach by directing the Ohio EPA to establish public monitoring and reporting systems for solar radiation modification, essentially crowdsourcing detection before issuing cease-and-desist orders. The bill carries harsh penalties but notably limits its scope to SRM only, without addressing cloud seeding. |
Last update Tue 21 May 2024 |
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| Note: Remained in Energy and Natural Resources committee | ||||
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2025-2026 Regular Session
Session Adjourn Thu 31 Dec 2026
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| HB272 | Regards food dyes, PFAS, fluoride, and certain substance releases | 90 days | Introduced | |
| Ohio's HB 272 buries a straightforward prohibition on weather modification within an omnibus consumer protection bill covering PFAS chemicals, food dyes, and water fluoridation. The atmospheric release provision is notably modest compared to Ohio's other pending weather modification bill (HB 290), imposing misdemeanour penalties rather than felony charges, suggesting different legislative philosophies on enforcement severity even within the same chamber. |
Last update Wed 14 May 2025 |
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| Status: Held in General Government since May 2025; unlikely to proceed | ||||
| HB290 | Enact the Atmosphere Protection Act | 90 days | Introduced | |
| Ohio's "Atmosphere Protection Act" imposes some of the harshest penalties in state weather modification legislation—a mandatory 3-year prison term and a minimum $500,000 fine under strict liability, meaning prosecutors need not prove intent. The Legislative Service Commission's own analysis notes uncertainty about what the undefined term "sunlight reflection methods" actually prohibits. |
Last update Wed 21 May 2025 |
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| Status: Held in Natural Resources since May 2025 | ||||