GeoLawWatch: Tracking Weather & Climate Legislation

Tracking weather modification, cloud seeding, and geoengineering bills in real time across the US.

Geoengineering Bills by Year

Bill # Details Effective Status
Texas (2011 Regular Session)
HB1916 Relating to the regulation of weather modification operations. Died in committee
This 2011 Texas bill doesn't ban weather modification; rather, it dismantles state oversight entirely, allowing each of Texas's 254 counties to decide independently whether to regulate cloud-seeding operations. Last update
Wed 6 Apr 2011
SB1374 Relating to the regulation of weather modification operations. Died in committee
SB 1374 is the Senate companion to HB 1916, identical in substance—both would have dismantled Texas's state-level weather modification oversight in favour of a patchwork of optional county-by-county regulation. Last update
Tue 22 Mar 2011