Bill > HF2310

This bill establishes a comprehensive legal framework for prohibiting weather modification activities in Minnesota, defining weather modification as the intentional placement, injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere with the purpose of altering weather conditions. The bill claims a sovereign right to protect public safety, human health, and environmental welfare by preventing such activities within state boundaries and airspace. The legislation broadly defines "weather" to include atmospheric conditions like temperature, pressure, wind, rain, and other meteorological phenomena, and defines "person" to encompass a wide range of entities including individuals, corporations, and public agencies. Under this bill, any attempt to engage in weather modification is prohibited and would be considered a misdemeanor, with each day of violation constituting a separate offense. The bill's key motivation appears to be protecting citizens from potentially harmful or unpredictable interventions in natural weather processes, asserting the state's authority to regulate such activities and impose criminal penalties on those who attempt to artificially manipulate weather conditions.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2310&ssn=0&y=2025