Geoengineering Bills by State
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2011 Regular Session
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| HB1916 | Relating to the regulation of weather modification operations. | Died in committee | ||
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Last update Wed 6 Apr 2011 |
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| SB1374 | Relating to the regulation of weather modification operations. | Died in committee | ||
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Last update Tue 22 Mar 2011 |
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2013 Regular Session
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| SB671 | Relating to the deregulation of weather modification operations. | Died in committee | ||
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Last update Mon 25 Feb 2013 |
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2025 Regular Session
Session Adjourn Mon 2 Jun 2025
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| HB1382 | Relating to a prohibition on weather modification and control; creating a criminal offense. | Sine die | ||
| Texas would transform from a state that licenses and regulates weather modification to one that criminalises it entirely—repealing decades-old cloud seeding statutes while requiring the licensing agency to refund fees to permit holders whose operations would become illegal overnight. |
Last update Tue 22 Apr 2025 |
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| Note: 2025 session adjourned 2 June 2025, remained in Licensing & Administrative Procedures committee | ||||
| HB3740 | Relating to chemicals and techniques used in weather modification and control. | Sine die | ||
| While one Texas bill would criminalise weather modification entirely, this companion measure takes the opposite regulatory approach—preserving the existing program but requiring state pre-approval of chemicals and techniques with mandatory exclusion of any substance known to harm human health. |
Last update Wed 26 Mar 2025 |
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| Note: 2025 session adjourned 2 June 2025, remained in Licensing & Administrative Procedures committee | ||||
| SB1154 | Relating to a prohibition on weather and climate modification activities by a governmental entity. | Sine die | ||
| Texas's third weather modification bill of 2025 takes a middle path—neither banning the practice entirely nor merely strengthening oversight, but instead creating a public-private divide in which governments are prohibited from atmospheric intervention while private, licensed operators may continue. |
Last update Wed 2 Apr 2025 |
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| Note: 2025 session adjourned 2 June 2025, remained in Natural Resources committee | ||||