HB0208

Prohibits atmospheric geoengineering activities in Wyoming and establishes air quality testing and whistleblower protections.

• Establishes legislative findings that the federal government and its agencies may be conducting geoengineering experiments in Wyoming, that the health and environmental risks are not well understood, and that the state should protect public health while allowing authorized activities. (Section 1)
• Prohibits any person from intentionally injecting, releasing, or dispersing chemicals, chemical compounds, apparatus, or other substances into the atmosphere in Wyoming with the purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity. (W.S. 35-11-2201(a))
• Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to test air quality at sites subject to geoengineering or upon receipt of a reported violation, using transmission electron microscopy if possible and determining total metals concentration in precipitation. (W.S. 35-11-2201(b))
• Prohibits retaliation, harassment, discipline, or discrimination against any person who reports in good faith a suspected geoengineering violation or provides information related to an investigation of such a violation. (W.S. 35-11-2201(c))
• Amends the definition of 'this act' in the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act to include the new geoengineering prohibition statute. (W.S. 35-11-103(a)(xiii), Section 3)
• Preserves the validity of any contract or agreement that is publicly disclosed or subject to public disclosure and was entered into with Wyoming before the effective date of this act. (Section 4)

Effective: Immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law

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