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SB1797 • 2026

Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification. Effective date.

Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Jett
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules Committee then to Appropriations Committee
Effective date
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Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification. Effective date.

Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification.

What This Bill Does

  • Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1797 (Senate): Introduced (1/15/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Rules Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Jett

Official Summary Text

Environmental and natural resources; prohibiting certain actions relating to weather modification. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1797 (Senate): Introduced (1/15/2026)

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1797 By: Jett

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to environment and natural resources;
prohibiting certain actions relating to weather
modification; providing for investigation; repealing
82 O.S. 2021, Sections 1087.1, 1087.2, 1087.3,
1087.4, 1087.5, 1087.6, 1087.7, 1087.8, 1087.9,
1087.10, 1087.11, 1087.12, 1087.13, 1087.14, 1087.15,
1087.16, 1087.17, 1087.18, 1087.19, 1087.20, 1801.1,
1801.2, and 1801.4, which relate to the Oklahoma
Weather Modification Act; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-5-131 of Title 27A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any
means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus
within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the
express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity
of sunlight is prohibited.
B. The Governor may direct the Oklahoma Air National Guard to
interdict, document identification tail numbers, secure photographic

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evidence, sample aerosolized effluents or particulate, utilize mass
spectrometers and other appropriate scientific instrumentation, and
engage with aircraft violating this section to escort them to the
nearest airport for investigation, securing of evidence, and
documentation of violation.
SECTION 2. REPEALER 82 O.S. 2021, Sections 1087.1,
1087.2, 1087.3, 1087.4, 1087.5, 1087.6, 1087.7, 1087.8, 1087.9,
1087.10, 1087.11, 1087.12, 1087.13, 1087.14, 1087.15, 1087.16,
1087.17, 1087.18, 1087.19, 1087.20, 1801.1, 1801.2, and 1801.4, are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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