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ID S1065

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Agricultural Affairs Committee

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits unauthorized weather modification and solar radiation management activities within Idaho, making violations a misdemeanor offense enforceable by state, county, and city law enforcement

  • Defines "solar radiation management" as deliberate modification of Earth's radiative balance by reflecting sunlight, including stratospheric aerosol injection

  • Exempts cloud seeding operations authorized by the Idaho Water Resource Board from the prohibition

  • Repeals existing statutes establishing weather modification districts and the weather modification fund

  • Declares an emergency with effective date of July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to prohibit unauthorized weather modification activities and to provide penalties, enforcement, and exceptions.

WEATHER MODIFICATION

Last Action

Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment

2/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Resources and Environment2/7/2025
Judiciary and Rules2/6/2025

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