Virginia House Bill 1425: Geoengineering; prohibited, civil penalties.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties. Prohibits any person from engaging in geoengineering, defined in the bill as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be subject to civil penalties authorized by relevant law.

Latest action

Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources (2026-02-18)

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