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
Rhode Island (2017 Regular Session)
H5607 Geoengineering Withdrawn
Rhode Island House Bill 5607, introduced in 2017, would have required permission from the state environmental director for any climate geoengineering activities including attempts to alter earth's temperature or atmospheric electrical conductivity, with violations punishable by up to five million dollars and fifteen years imprisonment, but was withdrawn at the sponsor's request before committee consideration. Last update
Tue 21 Mar 2017
H6011 House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Establishment Of Procedures To Regulate And License The Intentional Manipulation Of The Global Environment Through Geoengineering (creates A 5 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations On The Regulation And Licensure Of Geoenginerring, And Who Would Report Back By April 2, 2018, And Expire On June 2, 2018.) Died in chamber
Rhode Island House Resolution 6011, passed by the House in September 2017, created a five-member legislative commission to study geoengineering technologies including solar radiation management and cloud whitening and provide recommendations for state regulation and licensure by April 2018. Last update
Tue 19 Sep 2017
US Congress (2017-2018 Regular Session)
HB4586 Geoengineering Research Evaluation Act of 2017 Died in committee
Last update
Tue 22 May 2018