Geoengineering Bills by State
2025 Regular Session
Adjourned Session ended Jun 2, 2025
Governor: Joe Lombardo
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2015 Regular Session
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| SB423 | Makes an appropriation for the awarding of grants to support certain cloud seeding operations. (BDR S-483) | Died in chamber | ||
| This 2015 Nevada bill represents the opposite legislative approach to atmospheric modification—rather than banning geoengineering, it would have appropriated $500,000 to fund cloud-seeding operations aimed at increasing the state's water supply. |
Last update Tue 2 Jun 2015 |
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2023 Regular Session
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| SB99 | Makes an appropriation to the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program. (BDR S-592) | Passed | ||
| Nevada continued its legislative support for weather modification with this $1.2 million appropriation to fund the state's official cloud seeding program—demonstrating that while some states move to ban atmospheric intervention, others actively fund it as water supply infrastructure. |
Last update Thu 15 Jun 2023 |
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2025 Regular Session
Session Adjourn Mon 2 Jun 2025
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| SB6 | Makes an appropriation to the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program. (BDR S-389) | Passed | ||
| Nevada's 2025 cloud seeding appropriation demonstrates the stark policy divide among western states—while neighbouring states debate geoengineering bans, Nevada continues funding weather modification as routine water infrastructure, unanimously passing its third consecutive biennial appropriation for the program. |
Last update Mon 9 Jun 2025 |
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