Bill Would Ban Chemtrails Over Alabama
HB248 Goes Before AL House Committee Wednesday
A bill banning the dispersal of “items into the atmosphere with the intention of affecting the weather” will be voted on by the Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee on Wednesday.
HB248 was introduced by State Representative Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) and is cosponsored by Reps. Harrison, Yarbrough, Gidley, Stadthagen and Sells.
Rep. Butler said, “Alabama is a sovereign state, and this bill allows us to exercise our sovereignty by protecting our skies.”
Tennessee passed a similar bill in 2024.
If HB248 becomes law, it would prohibit the injection, release or dispersion of any chemical compound, substance or apparatus within or above the State for the purpose of affecting the weather. It specifically prohibits these activities done to change the temperature or the intensity of sunlight reaching the surface.
Stephanie Durnin, Director of Health Freedom Alabama, said this about HB248:
“Health Freedom Alabama fully supports HB248, introduced by Rep. Mack Butler, to ban weather modification and geoengineering in Alabama.
“Weather modification and geo-engineering is an admitted practice acknowledged by the White House, NOAA, and other federal agencies.
“Programs like cloud seeding and solar radiation management have been conducted without transparency or public consent, posing serious risks to public health, agriculture, and natural weather patterns.
“This bill sends a message that Alabama will not be controlled by climate alarmists pushing radical agendas and reckless climate manipulation tactics.”
Chemtrails—the visible trails left behind by dispersing aircraft—have long been derided as a “conspiracy theory” despite numerous documented government operations, whistleblowers and official reports. A 2013 report by the Congressional Research Service, “Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy” specifically addressed Solar Radiation Management (SRM) techniques such as Enhanced Albedo (Surface and Cloud) as a way to combat Climate Change. HB248 would specifically prohibit such activities in the skies of Alabama.
Critics of bills such as the one passed last year by Tennessee and HB248 have pointed out that there are legal questions related to sovereignty of the upper altitudes over states. The sky above the ground is usually assumed to be federal territory, but the Tennessee law has never been challenged on this basis.
