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
New Hampshire (2020 Regular Session)
SB520 Repealing the statute governing weather modification experimentation. Inexpedient to Legislate
This two-sentence bill - the earliest in New Hampshire's weather modification legislative saga - proposed simply repealing the state's weather modification statute without explanation or replacement. Despite bipartisan Senate sponsorship, including five Senators, it was unanimously killed in committee, setting the stage for a pivot to the transparency-based approach that would succeed the following year with HB 128. Last update
Thu 30 Jan 2020
  Note: Senate voted Inexpedient to Legislate; the bill died.
Rhode Island (2020 Regular Session)
H8062 The Geoengineering Act Died in committee
Rhode Island's 2020 "Geoengineering Act" established the nation's most comprehensive regulatory framework for atmospheric manipulation, requiring $500,000 minimum fines for unlicensed activities while empowering citizens to report suspected geoengineering and triggering emergency state responses to excessive electromagnetic radiation levels—with the Department of Environmental Management authorised to override federal approvals under 10th Amendment authority. Last update
Thu 18 Jun 2020
US Congress (2019-2020 Regular Session)
HB5519 Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act Died in chamber
Last update
Wed 4 Mar 2020