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
Colorado (2018 Regular Session)
HB1147 Sunset Process Weather Modification Passed
Colorado extended its cloud seeding permit program for 15 years while quietly eliminating a Cold War-era provision that had restricted weather operations affecting neighbouring states. Last update
Thu 26 Apr 2018
  Note: Enacted; Session Laws of Colorado 2018
New Mexico (2018 Regular Session)
HB156 Lea & Roosevelt Weather Modification Died in chamber
Last update
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Rhode Island (2018 Regular Session)
H7408 House Resolution Amending The Membership And Extending The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Special Legislative Commission To Study The Establishment Of Procedures To Regulate And License The Intentional Manipulation Of The Global Environment Through Geoengineering (amends The Membership Of The Commission To Study The Regulation And Licensure Of Geoengineering From 5 To 7 Members And Extends The Reporting And Expiration Dates From April 2, 2018, To February 7, 2019, And Expires On May 7, 2019.) Passed
Rhode Island House Resolution 7408, passed by the House in April 2018, extended the geoengineering study commission's deadline to February 2019 and expanded its membership from five to seven members, adding the Energy Resources Commissioner, an ecological scientist, a defence contractor representative, and a public member. Last update
Tue 3 Apr 2018
US Congress (2017-2018 Regular Session)
HB4586 Geoengineering Research Evaluation Act of 2017 Died in committee
Last update
Tue 22 May 2018