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| Bill | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities; Repealing provisions relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | SB 56 | Florida SB 56 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-157 |
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Florida SB 56 (2025) — Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities
Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities; Repealing provisions relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-157.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 56 Filed (filed) — source
- S 56 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 56 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 56 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 28–9 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–3 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 10–2 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 82–28 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 20–4 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Environment and Natural Resources — primary (organization)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (organization)
- Gruters — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-11-20 Filed
filing - 2025-01-15 Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Criminal Justice; Rules
referral-committee - 2025-02-03 On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/11/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- 2025-02-11 CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- 2025-02-12 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2025-02-13 Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice
- 2025-02-13 Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
- 2025-02-13 Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- 2025-02-28 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
- 2025-03-04 Introduced
introduction - 2025-03-04 CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- 2025-03-13 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2025-03-18 Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 2
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-19 Now in Rules
- 2025-03-21 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2025-03-26 CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 4
- 2025-03-27 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2025-03-27 CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- 2025-03-28 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-01 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
- 2025-04-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-03 CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 9
passage - 2025-04-03 Immediately certified
- 2025-04-03 In Messages
- 2025-04-29 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2025-04-29 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
- 2025-04-29 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2025-04-30 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-30 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-30 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-30 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-30 CS passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 28
passage - 2025-04-30 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2025-06-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-06-20 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-06-23 Chapter No. 2025-157
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/565f560d-1134-4998-9a66-ac1d8d3fc4b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).