Geoengineering Bills by Year
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Montana (2019 Regular Session)
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| HJ40 | Study of weather modification | Passed | ||
| Montana House Joint Resolution 40 passed in 2019 directing a legislative study of weather modification laws to propose changes that would encourage increased use of cloud seeding technology for enhancing precipitation and water supplies. |
Last update Wed 1 May 2019 |
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| Note: Resolution filed with Secretary of State May 1 2019 | ||||
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New Mexico (2019 Regular Session)
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| HB460 | Weather Modification Program | Died in chamber | ||
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Last update Thu 21 Feb 2019 |
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Rhode Island (2019 Regular Session)
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| H5992 | The Geoengineering Act | Held for further study | ||
| Rhode Island House Bill 5992, introduced in April 2019 following years of study commission work, would have required elaborate state licensing for all geoengineering activities including stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, electromagnetic radiation deployment, and ocean fertilisation, with minimum penalties of five hundred thousand dollars or one hundred ninety days imprisonment per violation, but was held for further study in committee. |
Last update Thu 2 May 2019 |
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| H5226 | House Resolution 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 (extends The Reporting And Expiration Dates Of The Commission To Study The Regulation And Licensure Of Geoengineering And Expiration Dates From February 7, 2019, To April 30, 2019, And Expires On May 30, 2019.) | Held for further study | ||
| Rhode Island House Resolution 5226, introduced in January 2019 simultaneously with a comprehensive geoengineering regulation bill, would have extended the geoengineering study commission's reporting deadline from February to April 2019, but was held for further study in committee on the commission's original reporting deadline date. |
Last update Thu 7 Feb 2019 |
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US Congress (2019-2020 Regular Session)
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| HB5519 | Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act | Died in chamber | ||
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Last update Wed 4 Mar 2020 |
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