Florida Moves to Outlaw Chemtrails as Bill SB56 Clears First Legislative Hurdle

Florida is one step closer to banning chemtrails and weather modification, as Senate Bill 56 successfully clears its first legislative hurdle. The bill aims to outlaw cloud seeding and other geoengineering practices, marking a major push to protect the state’s skies from artificial atmospheric tampering.

SB 56, introduced by Miami state Sen. Ileana Garcia, aims to prohibit deliberate attempts to alter weather patterns—such as inducing or dispersing rain, snow, or fog—without transparency or public consent. The bill comes in response to growing concerns from Florida residents about unexplained weather anomalies and potential health risks linked to aerosol spraying.

“Some would call it concerns. Others would call it conspiracy theories. But I thought that perhaps this bill would allow us to start somewhere where we can begin to separate fact from fiction,” Garcia said, according to Florida Politics.

If SB 56 becomes law, it would dismantle nearly a dozen existing provisions in Florida’s statutes that permit state-licensed weather modification, including cloud seeding.

The bill takes a firm stance against atmospheric tampering by banning any future attempts to manipulate the weather—whether through artificial rain induction, sunlight blocking, or temperature control.

The legislation goes even further by imposing serious consequences for violations. Originally, penalties were capped at $10,000, but the latest version of the bill raises the fine to a staggering $100,000. Under normal circumstances, a second-degree misdemeanor carries just a $500 penalty—but lawmakers are making it clear that unauthorized weather modification won’t be treated as business as usual.

If passed, SB 56 would position Florida as a national leader in challenging geoengineering practices and protecting its skies from unchecked manipulation.

During the committee hearing, Garcia brought up the term that the bill itself carefully avoids: chemtrails.

“Yet many will complain — a lot of our constituents have — that there’s activity going on, aircrafts flying by, some type of condensation. And let’s call a spade a spade: chemtrails,” she said. “That’s the term that the conspiracy theorists are coined with. But think about what the concerns are: health risks … including respiratory issues. I get a lot of those complaints. Also allergies, environmental impact, concerns regarding possible soil and water contamination, harming wildlife, disrupting ecosystems, government transparency as a whole, government efficiency.

“It’s in question. It’s in play all the time,” she said.

Several speakers from the Global Wellness Forum, including founder Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife and mother of their daughter Tiffany, spoke in favor of the bill, talked about the metals supposedly getting injected into the air, an increase of Alzheimer’s disease patients, and sightings of “unusual trails and streaks in the sky” left by airplanes before hurricanes struck the state.