North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1514: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty.
Status: Failed, February 24, 2025
Relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty.
From the engrossed text, February 24, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Definitions. As used i n this chapter : 1. "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used, or designed for navigation or flight in the air. The term includes a drone. 2. "Cloud seeding" means a type of weather modification that attempts to change the amount or type of precipitation by dispersing chemicals into the air by means of an aircraft or a ground generator, including silver iodide, potassium iodide, or dry ice. 3. "Director" means the director of the department of environmental quality. 4. "Stratospheric aerosol injection" means a method of solar radiation modification which introduces aerosols into the atmosphere to reduce sunlight. 5. "Weather engineering" means altering or manipulating the weather. 6. "Xenobiotic" means a foreign substance to the human body or to an ecological system. Polluting atmospheric activity - Penalty. 1. A person may not engage in a polluting atmospheric activity or use an unmarked or unidentified aircraft, vehicle, or facility for weather engineering, cloud seeding, Page No. …
Sponsors
- Desiree Morton (R, 46) · primary sponsor
- Kathy Frelich (R, 15)
- Matthew Heilman (R, 7)
- James Kasper (R, 46)
- Jeffery Magrum (R, 8)
- SuAnn Olson (R, 8)
- Michelle Powers (R, 46)
- Karen Rohr (R, 31)
- Vicky Steiner (R, 37)
- Lori VanWinkle (R, 3)
- Christina Wolff (R, 38)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 28 nays 63
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- : Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 6 1
- : Committee Hearing 10:00
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (February 24, 2025): 28 yea, 63 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is HB1514?
- HB1514 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty.
- What does HB1514 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harmful atmospheric activity; and to provide a penalty.
- What is the status of HB1514?
- Failed as of February 24, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 28 nays 63 (February 24, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1514?
- Desiree Morton (R, 46), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1514?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1514.html
Source: official North Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.