Geoengineering Bills by State
2026 1st Special Session
Adjourned Session ended Jan 23, 2026
Governor: Kelly Armstrong
| Bill # | Details | Effective | Status | |
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2023-2024 Regular Session
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| HB1166 | State funding requirements for county weather modification operations; and to provide a penalty. | Died in chamber | ||
| North Dakota House Bill 1166 passed the House in 2023 but failed in the Senate requiring cloud seeding operations to stop when seeded storms cross into counties without active weather modification programs and restructuring county weather modification authority procedures. |
Last update Mon 3 Apr 2023 |
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| Note: House passed, Senate committee neutral, full Senate failed. | ||||
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2025-2026 Regular Session
Session Adjourn Sat 3 May 2025
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| HB1514 | Harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty. | Failed House – Second Reading | ||
| North Dakota House Bill 1514 failed in the House in 2025, proposing to ban cloud seeding, weather engineering, and stratospheric aerosol injection as Class C felonies with $500000 fines, while establishing a citizen complaint system requiring sheriffs to investigate suspected atmospheric activities within 2 hours. |
Last update Mon 24 Feb 2025 |
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| Note: The bill was defeated on the floor after a negative committee recommendation. | ||||
| SB2106 | Weather modification; and to provide a penalty. | Failed House – Second Reading | ||
| North Dakota Senate Bill 2106 failed in the Senate in 2025, proposing to ban all weather modification, including cloud seeding, as a Class B misdemeanour while repealing the state's entire county-based weather modification regulatory framework. |
Last update Fri 7 Feb 2025 |
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| Note: The bill was defeated on the floor after a committee "do pass" recommendation. | ||||
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