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New Mexico

2024 Regular Session

1 bill · Adjourned sine die
HB130 Died in chamber

Cloud Seeding Pilot Program

New Mexico's cloud seeding pilot project would have addressed one of western water law's thorniest questions—whether artificially enhanced precipitation belongs to existing rights holders—while providing state liability protection for cloud seeding activities. The bill passed the House but died in the Senate despite clearing committee.

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2021 Regular Session

1 bill · Adjourned sine die
SB126 Died in chamber

Weather Modification Program

This bare-bones 2021 appropriation for weather modification presaged the more detailed 2024 cloud seeding pilot project bill—both routed funding through New Mexico State University to the Department of Agriculture, but the earlier bill provided money without any programmatic framework.

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2019 Regular Session

1 bill · Adjourned sine die

2018 Regular Session

1 bill · Adjourned sine die

2015 Regular Session

2 bills · Adjourned sine die

2014 Regular Session

1 bill · Adjourned sine die

2013 Regular Session

2 bills · Adjourned sine die