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TX SB1154
Bill
Status
2/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Hughes
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AI Summary
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Prohibits governmental entities from engaging in geoengineering, weather modification and control, or cloud-seeding operations
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Defines "geoengineering" as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere to affect temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity
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Removes authority for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to enter cooperative agreements with federal, state, county, or municipal agencies for weather modification or cloud-seeding operations
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Limits license and permit exemptions for weather modification research to private institutions of higher learning and nonprofit research organizations, excluding state and federal agencies
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Takes effect September 1, 2025, with contracts entered into before that date governed by prior law
Legislative Description
Relating to a prohibition on weather and climate modification activities by a governmental entity.
Environment
Last Action
Co-author authorized
4/2/2025