WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING
Illinois opts for the most straightforward possible approach to weather modification regulation: a complete prohibition with no accompanying enforcement provisions, penalties, or an administrative framework.
Illinois
2025-2026 Regular Session
2 bills · Adjourned 31 May 2026WEATHER MODIFICATION ACT
Illinois SB2956 declares weather modification prohibited statewide but provides no enforcement mechanism, penalties, or regulatory framework—making it a purely symbolic prohibition that couldn't actually stop anyone from cloud seeding.
2023-2024 Regular Session
2 bills · Adjourned sine dieWEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING
A minimalist two-page bill that would ban all weather modification in Illinois but provides no penalties, no enforcement agency, and no mechanism for compliance, making it a symbolic prohibition rather than an enforceable law.
WEATHER MODIFICATION-SEEDING
A word-for-word reintroduction of Senator Anderson's failed 2023 weather modification ban, which met the same fate in a different committee - twice postponed, then returned to Assignments, where it died without a vote despite an attempted amendment.