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WV SB699
Bill
Status
3/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jack Woodrum
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AI Summary
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Prohibits all geoengineering activities within or over West Virginia, including weather modification, cloud seeding, stratospheric aerosol injection, and solar radiation modification
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Requires the Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner to investigate credible reports of geoengineering and issue cease-and-desist orders to violators
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Mandates quarterly public notices encouraging citizens to monitor, document, and report suspected geoengineering activities with photographs, video, lab tests, and other evidence
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Establishes civil penalties up to $25,000 per day for violations, with a minimum $500,000 civil penalty for knowingly engaging in geoengineering
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Creates felony charges for knowing violations, punishable by fines up to $25,000 per day and imprisonment of 1-5 years
Legislative Description
Protecting environment and humans from geo-engineering experiments
Environment
Last Action
To Energy, Industry, and Mining
3/5/2025