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Committee asks staff to draft cloud‑seeding and geoengineering measures; proposal to license veterinary technicians fails on roll call
Summary
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee voted to ask staff to draft two measures related to cloud seeding and geoengineering and a joint resolution; a separate proposal to license veterinary technicians was considered and failed on a roll call vote, 6–7.
CHEYENNE — Committee members voted to ask Legislative Service Office (LSO) staff to prepare drafts of measures relating to cloud seeding and to prohibit unauthorized atmospheric geoengineering, and approved a joint resolution instructing the federal delegation to examine atmospheric activities — moves that committee members said were intended to create a formal record and allow detailed drafting and vetting. Separately, a proposed bill to license veterinary technicians did not pass the committee on a roll call vote (6 in favor, 7 opposed).
Representative Mike Schmidt introduced three items the committee agreed to send to LSO for drafting: 1) a proposed “Cloud Seeding Moratorium and Baseline Act” that would pause cloud seeding operations for a limited time to collect unseeded baseline precipitation and…
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