1 bill passed
Oklahoma's HB1429 would ban all intentional atmospheric modification while simultaneously dismantling the state's 50-year-old Weather Modification Act, but notably lacks any enforcement mechanism or penalties for violations.
Remain in initial Rules Committee
Oklahoma's SB1021 would authorise the Air National Guard to intercept aircraft suspected of weather modification activities and escort them to airports for investigation, while simultaneously repealing the state's existing weather modification licensing program that has regulated cloud seeding operations for decades.
Remained in Energy Committee
This bill authorizes the Governor to deploy the Oklahoma Air National Guard to intercept suspected weather modification aircraft, collect air samples using mass spectrometers, and escort violators to airports for investigation—while simultaneously dismantling Oklahoma's existing weather modification regulatory framework through a wholesale repeal of 23 statutory sections.
Remained in Rules Committee & Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma's SB430 is a companion bill to SB1021, using the same prohibition language but taking a conventional criminal penalty approach with misdemeanour charges and a $10,000 fine, rather than SB1021's Air National Guard interdiction authority.
Remained in Energy committee
Oklahoma's HB1429 would ban all intentional atmospheric modification while simultaneously dismantling the state's 50-year-old Weather Modification Act, but notably lacks any enforcement mechanism or penalties for violations.
Oklahoma's SB 1021 authorises the Air National Guard to intercept aircraft suspected of weather modification and escort them to airports for investigation, but the bill contains no penalties for violators. This represents one of the more aggressive enforcement mechanisms proposed in any state, yet it is toothless due to the absence of any actual sanctions.
Carried forward to 2026 - New Legiscan record created
SB 430 is the simpler sibling to Oklahoma's SB 1021, which bans weather modification with a $10,000 misdemeanour fine but lacks the Air National Guard fighter jet provisions. Interestingly, Senator Jett (author of SB 1021) is a coauthor on this bill, suggesting the two may be legislative alternatives rather than competing approaches.
Carried forward to 2026 - New Legiscan record created
Oklahoma completely repealed its Weather Modification Act in 2015, eliminating state oversight of cloud seeding operations rather than adding restrictions. This represents the opposite trajectory of current 2025 legislative trends, where states are rushing to ban or regulate geoengineering activities.
HB 1420 became Chapter 102, effective November 1