Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming HB208: Atmospheric geoengineering prohibition.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2025
AN ACT relating to environmental quality; providing legislative findings; prohibiting atmospheric geoengineering as specified; requiring testing; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to environmental quality; providing legislative findings; prohibiting atmospheric geoengineering as specified; requiring testing; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to environmental quality; providing legislative findings; prohibiting atmospheric geoengineering as specified; requiring testing; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. (a) The legislature finds (ii) The risks to human health and environmental safety from broad‐scale geoengineering are currently not well understood; (iii) The Wyoming department of environmental quality is responsible for monitoring air, land and water quality, including regulating emissions into the air, land and water within Wyoming to ensure the safety of the public while planning the development, use, reclamation, preservation and enhancement of the air, land and water resources of the state; (iv) It is the intent of the legislature to protect the public health and welfare of Wyoming residents while allowing all authorized activities permitted under state law. Section 2. W.S. 35‐11‐2201 is created to read: ARTICLE 22 GEOENGINEERING 35‐11‐2201. Atmospheric engineering prohibited; testing required; retaliation prohibited. (a) No person shall intentionally inject, release or disperse by any means any chemicals, chemical compounds, apparatus or other substances within Wyoming into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting or changing temperature, weather or the intensity of the sunlight. (b) The department shall test the air quality at sites subject to geoengineering or upon receiving a report of a potential violation of subsection (a) of this section. …
Sponsors
- Marlene Brady (R, H60)
- Kevin Campbell (R, H62)
- Scott Heiner (R, H18)
- Rodriguez-Williams, Rachel (R, H50)
- Tarver, Reuben (R, H52) · primary sponsor
- Robert Ide (R, S29)
- McKeown, Troy (R, S24)
- Pearson, Laura (R, S14)
Latest actions
- : H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
- : H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Subjects: Atmospheric geoengineering prohibition.
Common questions
- What is HB208?
- HB208 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Atmospheric geoengineering prohibition. .
- What does HB208 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to environmental quality; providing legislative findings; prohibiting atmospheric geoengineering as specified; requiring testing; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB208?
- Failed as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB208?
- Tarver, Reuben (R, H52), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB208?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0208
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