Jesse Scheckner
Legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis supports to crack down on suspected weather modification and geoengineering in Florida, including activity associated with so-called “chemtrails” is now cleared for his signature.
After another brief but contentious discussion on the House floor, the chamber voted 82-28 for SB 56, which would make unauthorized cloud seeding and other such activities a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a significantly hiked monetary fine of up to $100,000.
Each individual infraction would count as a separate violation, potentially leading to far longer and pricier penalties.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia and Republican Rep. Kevin Steele, would also direct the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to intake reports of suspected wrongdoing, investigate claims it deems warranting of further review and report its observations to the state’s health and emergency management agencies.
Beginning Oct. 1, operators of publicly owned airports must submit monthly reports to the Florida Department of Transportation on any aircraft equipped to disperse substances with climate-altering capabilities. Any airport failing to do so would lose state funding.
That last condition drew criticism from Democratic Reps. Anna Eskamani and Ashley Gantt, who raised issue with Florida’s ability to police airports, which generally fall under federal jurisdiction.
Eskamani noted that the legislation doesn’t clearly outline how DEP would investigate claims of suspected weather modification, nor does it detail a process by which the department would turn over its investigation to law enforcement.
Aside from those “practical concerns,” she said, there’s also the risk of curbing valuable scientific research and overburdening police while indulging “misinformation about problems that don’t exist.”
“This bill is feeding into conspiracy theories, and I think it’s important that we do not legislate under that type of pressure but that we legislate on science, we legislate on fact, we legislate not on fear but on information,” she said. “The fact that this bill does not require the consultation of a meteorologist, the consultation of scientists to say (whether this) is suspicious activity is absolutely going to create an environment where things will be reported nonstop, bogging down the department and now potentially bogging down law enforcement who have a lot of more important work to do.”
Gantt said the bill is the product of people who “need to get grounded.”
“There’s a phrase that I keep hearing lately, ‘Go outside and touch some grass,’” she said. “This bill is crazy to me.”
Steele mockingly referred to Eskamani and Gantt as “the two scientists that were on the floor talking” before diminishing the value of scientific input altogether.
“The last time we had to listen to the science, we wore masks for nine months,” he said.
He noted that as SB 56 and his version of the bill (HB 477) advanced through their respective committees, lawmakers heard from at least one person whose company, which he referred to as “Make It Rain,” puts “a lot of chemicals” into the air in Florida and several other states.
On April 2, DeSantis posted a video to X endorsing SB 56 and opposing weather modification and geoengineering aimed at causing more rainfall or less sunlight to permeate Earth’s atmosphere.
“We don’t want to indulge this nonsense in Florida, where we are proud of our sunshine,” he said.
SB 56 and HB 477 drew ample public testimony as they advanced through their respective chambers, including from actress and TV personality Marla Maples, President Donald Trump’s second wife, who suggested an increase in Alzheimer’s disease cases could be due to geoengineering.
Maples and others referenced a documentary on YouTube called “The Dimming” about alleged efforts to reduce solar radiation through aerosolization of chemicals including aluminum, barium and silver iodine.
Others testified about routinely seeing “unusual trails and streaks,” often called chemtrails. Chemtrails are a decades-old, debunked belief that contrails, the white lines of condensed water vapor that jets leave behind in the sky, are in fact toxic chemicals the government and other entities are using to alter the weather, sterilize people or control their minds.
Chemtrails conspiracy theories began circulating in the late ’90s after the U.S. Air Force published a report about weather modification. By 2001, federal bureaucracies had received thousands of communications about the fast-spreading concept, prompting numerous federal agencies and educational institutions to publish fact sheets to address public concerns.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a measure last April banning the “intentional injection, release or dispersion” of airborne chemicals. Six months later, Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia reignited the argument by declaring on X, “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Greene’s comments drew censure from both sides of the aisle.
In March, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on X that banning weather modification and geoengineering “is a movement every MAHA needs to support,” referring to his initiative to “Make America Healthy Again.”
Two Republican members of the House — Jim Mooney of Islamorada and David Smith of Winter Springs — joined their Democratic colleagues Wednesday in voting against SB 56, which carries co-sponsorship from Republican Sens. Tom Leek of Ormond Beach, Clay Yarborough of Jacksonville and Joe Gruters of Sarasota.
32 comments
Earl Pitts American
April 30, 2025 at 9:12 pm
This is the same fiction as on the Underdog Cartoon Show Saturday Mornings in the 1960’s when Underdog’s Arch Nemisis Simon Bar Sinister and his clumsey assistant CAD had a machine that controlled the Weather.
The Villan would say, “SIMON SAYS RAIN”, followed by evil laughter, Turn a dial on his Weather Machine and it would rain.
Great Toon but controlling the weather never got any further than Saturday Morn ‘ting Toons.
Earl Pitts American
Linwood Wright
April 30, 2025 at 11:39 pm
For the first time in history, I agree with Earl.
Facts
April 30, 2025 at 10:18 pm
Earl you are either ignorant or illiterate.
Solar Radiation Modification was MANDATED in the ‘22 Congressional budget and funded as well and the White House issued a report on this in 6/23.
The type of solar radiation modification most often used in FL is called Stratospheric Aerosol Injectables and done by small airplanes and we are funding this, the US taxpayers under the Dept of Commerce @ NOAA coordinated by the USAF and OST. They subcontract the pilots. Usually private aviation companies or LLCs.
The Feds conduct this so called “weather research” daily in FL; it’s also part of the UNEP “One Atmosphere” plan to allegedly lower the earths temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. The chemicals they use are hazardous and toxic to human beings and nature. The nucleating agent is usually sulphur dioxide or Silver iodide. These chemicals cause cancer, dementia and infertility.
Additionally, the fine for conducting this chemical assault in SB 56 is 200K per incident and a third degree felony for the pilot.
33 states are currently moving to ban this, this session.
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
May 1, 2025 at 6:47 am
Shut your lying mouth, fake Bill Nye Science Guy [AKA Facts] The adults in the room, (Earl & The Sage Linwood) are speaking adult stuff.
Oh, Linwood; BTW I have put my top Research Assistant, Alexis, on the manly name of Linwood and she determined that Linwood is Not a Gay name afterall. I appoligise for any previous mis-information on that subject and Hereby Proclaim the name Linwood to not be Gay.
Just my personal preference:
Had I, EARL PITTS AMERICAN, inherited the name, LINWOOD PITTS AMERICAN, I would go by “WOOD PITTS AMERICAN” ….. just saying ….. have a nice day my new Besty, Wood Wright,
Sincerly your Besty,
WOOD PITTS AMERICAN [AKA EARL]
Facts
May 1, 2025 at 7:49 am
Read
Page 43 Paragraph 2 issued by the White House in June of 23.
Why are you defending what Congress and the Biden Harris cabal mandated in ‘22?
Do you think Americans should be used as lab rats for weather “research” without informed consent? Into the air we breathe? Nanoparticles?
https://www.klimareporter.de/images/dokumente/2023/07/Congressionally-Mandated-Report-on-Solar-Radiation-Modification.pdf
Bonnie Jean
May 3, 2025 at 8:55 am
An absurd comment, considering the current administration is removing regulations that would protect our air and water from industrial pollution.
You should be looking at the increased % of atmospheric Carbon caused by outlying by the burning of fossil fuels, that has been Proven scientifically to r wise global temperatures and result in havoc to worldwide weather and the melting of ice caps. That s the REAL threat.
Ron Ogden
May 1, 2025 at 4:06 am
Produce one US-licensed pilot who testifies in court that he engaged in these activities over Florida in this century, with flight plans, logbook entries, paycheck stubs or invoices, air traffic control records, and receipts from chemical suppliers, and then perhaps I will stop considering this entire matter to be lunacy and representatives who voted for it to be lunatics.
WOOD PITTS AMERICAN
May 1, 2025 at 6:55 am
Sage wisdom, my Besty, Ron Ogden,
They wont be able to produce what you are correctly requestung because its a “BIG FAT LIE” perpuated by Back Stabbing Ben [SENATE PRESIDENT] to somehow, in Ben’s Psyco-babble Mind, discredit America’s Govornor and his Beautiful Wife, Ron & Casey Desantis.
Thanks Ron,
WOOD PITTS AMERICAN [AKA EARL]
Michael K
May 1, 2025 at 6:56 am
Elect clowns, expect a circus. These radical conspiracy theories and ridiculous legislation like this is nothing more than pandering to ignorance and fear generated by the far right entertainment nes cycle.
Legislators, do something for the good of all Floridians, not this nonsense.
FL1st
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 am
They, the pilots are cowards and getting paid lots of $.
They fly out of Craig Airfield, Daytona Beach International, Deland, SRO, Lakeland and many other small airports. They are very easy to track especially the ones that take off before sunrise and in the evening. They are easy to spot what they disperse are not contrails.
Their mandate is here below.
Page 43 paragraph 2.
Issued by the White House in 6/23 after Congress mandated this in their budget in ‘22.
https://www.klimareporter.de/images/dokumente/2023/07/Congressionally-Mandated-Report-on-Solar-Radiation-Modification.pdf
Ron Ogden
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 am
Okay, give me one cite from FlightAware or Flight Radar, including tail number and a date and a time, and I will take it from there. If you are right, I will get on this page and admit it.
Facts
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 am
Have tracked many, one plane which dispersed 3 days in a row February came out of a private hangar in Spruce Creek in Port Charlotte, loaded up in a hangar at DBI flew to Jax and back. One particular morning flew out at 6:50 AM flying at the highest altitude when dispersing, at 1300 ft. Spoke to a man in their administration (yes I know his name) the second day, asked if he was there when tail ID “X” took off headed north to Jacksonville at 6:50 AM. I told him the type of plane and said, the one with the canisters attached to the back of the plane’s wings. He said, yes I was here. I then said- let me clarify, you saw the one with the canisters? And he said yes. I said, who is the pilot? Who does he fly for? He said he didn’t know that info was in the tower. The tower is run by the FAA. They won’t tell a private citizen anything.
Ron Ogden
May 1, 2025 at 9:16 am
Okay, tail # please? I’m a certified flight instructor and an advanced grade ground instructor. I know how it works. I’ll take it the rest of the way.
Jay Reynolds
May 4, 2025 at 3:39 pm
You were asked for the tail number of the plane you claim did something. You said Spruce creek airport is in Port Charlotte, but it is no where near there. Spruce creek is a small fly in community there is no “tower” to speak of everybody can sit right there on the edge of the runway and see evry plane take off. I think you are making stuff up but you sould just like the woman named Nacy Peek McGowan and you should be ashamed of yourself for starting false rumors like that.
Basic Science
May 7, 2025 at 9:13 am
Why don’t you just learn science? Water vapor from jet engine exhaust can only freeze on seed nuclei in the form of fine particles. Without these particles contrails will always dissipate. Contrails from commercial jets were always designed to dissipate. Modern jet engines burn clean and any soot from the exhaust makes weak ice nuclei which is why normal contrails always dissipate. What is happening is specially equipped planes are dispersing fine metallic particles behind the jet exhaust plume causing the contrails to persist and form into cirrus clouds. This is an intentional act to make man made clouds for the purpose of geoengineering.
Earl Pitts American
May 1, 2025 at 7:17 am
So Florida’s Legislator passed a bill banning fiction …. how embarrassing …. VETO
Earl
Facts
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 am
Thankfully Gov DeSantis is smarter than you
Chuck Anziulewicz
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 am
They can pass all the “feel-good” bills they want, and NO ONE will be charged. NO ONE will be fined. And NO ONE will go to prison. WHY? Because there’s no such thing as “chemtrails.” Jet CONTRAILS (short for condensation trails) are caused by the exhaust from aircraft engines mixing with cold air at high altitudes. The only way to get rid of them is to do away with commercial air travel. Good luck with THAT.
The primary factors behind the formation of jet contrails include:
Water Vapor Emission – Jet engines burn fuel, producing water vapor as a byproduct. This vapor is expelled into the cold upper atmosphere.
Weather conditions affect contrails:
Cold Temperatures – At high altitudes (above 26,000 feet), the air is very cold (often below -40°F or -40°C). When the hot exhaust gases mix with this cold air, the water vapor rapidly condenses into tiny ice crystals.
Humidity Levels – If the upper atmosphere has sufficient moisture, the condensed water droplets quickly freeze, forming visible ice-crystal trails. In drier conditions, contrails may dissipate quickly.
These factors affect how persistent jet contrails are:
Short-lived contrails – Appear briefly and disappear quickly if the surrounding air is dry.
Persistent contrails – Stay visible for long periods and can spread out, forming cirrus-like clouds, especially during colder winter weather.
Facts
May 1, 2025 at 9:47 am
They aren’t chemtrails, nice attempt at gaslighting; they are Stratosphere Aerosol Injectables, a form of Solar Radiation Modification, so study up Chuck.
You don’t even live in FL.
So take a hike.
Florida is the Sunshine State and we will keep it that way.
Chuck Anziulewicz
May 1, 2025 at 10:39 am
You can call them what you like, they aren’t going away. As I said, the only way to get rid of them is by stopping commercial air travel. Years from now you’ll be looking up into the sky and saying, “Wait a minute, didn’t we pass a law against this???”
Facts
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 pm
You are dummer than a rock, these are not contrails. The planes used are typically small pipers or Cessnas not commercial aircraft. When Commercial jets fly by there is usually no visible emission; much less streaks of chemicals which form a white hazy mist destroying our skyline.
Read NOAAs website. Check out ERB – these are stratospheric aerosol Injectables.
Chuck since you live far away from FL, what’s your repeated compelling interest posting anything about SAI being banned in FL? You have no standing here.
Floridians like their skies blue in the Sunshine State -with natural clouds not chemicals.
Chuck Anziulewicz
May 2, 2025 at 8:24 am
Any meteorologist could explain it to you. And Pipers and Cessnas aren’t flying at 35,000 feet, where jet contrails typically form.
Basic Science
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 pm
Hey Chuck, do you trust science? If so, learn about CCN (cloud condensation nuclei). Water vapor from jet engine exhaust needs nuclei for ice crystals to form on in order to persist, otherwise contrails will dissipate. Chemtrails are simply persistent contrails CAUSED by fine metallic or other particles being dispersed behind the jet engine exhaust plume. Unless you believe that aluminum and other metallic particles are naturally found in the stratosphere, you must accept that persistent contrails (chemtrails) are a deliberate act of man.
Kevin
May 1, 2025 at 10:02 am
lol, you have been brainwashed
Kevin
May 1, 2025 at 10:00 am
This bill is needed and the best thing to happen to Florida in a long time. MAKE FLORIDA SKIES BLUE AGAIN
Chuck Anziulewicz
May 1, 2025 at 11:38 am
They can pass all the “feel-good” bills they want, and NO ONE will be charged. NO ONE will be fined. And NO ONE will go to prison. WHY? Because there’s no such thing as “chemtrails.” Jet CONTRAILS (short for condensation trails) are caused by the exhaust from aircraft engines mixing with cold air at high altitudes. The only way to get rid of them is to do away with commercial air travel. Good luck with THAT. Years from now people in Florida will look up at the sky and say, “Wait a minute, I thought we passed a law against this!!!”
PeterH
May 1, 2025 at 12:26 pm
The DeSantis Klown Bus is in forth gear now!
Eric
May 1, 2025 at 1:56 pm
Thank you, Florida, for getting serious about preventing geoengineering of weather and climate. I am curious how you will eliminate the release of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases that modify weather, especially emissions from planes and cars and from coal and natural gas power plants?
prancing
May 1, 2025 at 4:04 pm
It is you naysayers that are the ones that are brainwashed. When is the last time you planted non-gmo seeds in the ground? They won’t grow in our contaminated soil. Only the Monsanto gmo seeds with in-bred aluminum tolerance will grow in this contaminated soil. As they have said openly, “control the food, you can control the population”. There is way too much evidence refuting that these lines criss-crossing our skies are simply water vapor. Water vapor dissipates, these trails grow an order of magnitude and often result in overcast days after a good blanketing. Stop being sheeple. Question everything.
Jay Reynolds
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 pm
You must not be a grower there are hundreds of thousands of acres of crops growing in Florida and almost none are GMO seeds. Anybody can see field after field all over our state and know you are wrong. Where do you people come from?
Robert Snelson
May 5, 2025 at 5:03 pm
90% of Florida’s “seed” is GMO. I didn’t know the answer so I looked it up. Like it or not, it’s what Dept of Ag shows…
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-united-states/recent-trends-in-ge-adoption?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Facts
May 12, 2025 at 9:44 am
Jay I did not say “the tower” was in Spruce Creek.
I said that one particular plane we tracked that first day originated out of a hangar there. Then the pilot went to DBI and took off there before he flew north.
That one plane flew to Jacksonville 3 days in a row the first day in the late afternoon the next day at 6:50 AM the third day, 6:59 AM.
I incorrectly said Port Charlotte up there but I meant Port Orange.
The man I talked to was at DBI. He said the information on that plane was in the tower -as to the pilot , what company he flies for etc. That was Daytona Beach Int.
Who can call a FAA tower in a private aviation community ie Spruce Creek?
No one that I am aware of.
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