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SB430 • 2026

Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act. Effective date.

Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Sacchieri
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Coauthored by Senator Frix
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act. Effective date.

Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act.

What This Bill Does

  • Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 430 (Senate): Introduced (1/7/2025)

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.
  • 430 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 2, Line 3 ½, by inserting a new subsection C to read as follows: “The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the aerial application of fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, or other products used for agricultural purposes.”; and 2.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Frix

  2. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Energy

  3. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Sacchieri

  5. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Boles (principal House author)

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Jett

Official Summary Text

Environment; prohibiting intentional injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus in this state; repealing the Oklahoma Weather Modification Act. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 430 (Senate): Introduced (1/7/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

SENATE BILL 430 By: Sacchieri

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to environment and natural resources;
prohibiting certain actions relating to weather
modification; establishing penalty; 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 express
purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of
sunlight is prohibited.

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B. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor in the first degree and shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
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, 2025.

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