CLOUD SEEDING – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding cloud seeding.

This bill amends Idaho law to regulate cloud seeding by requiring legislative approval before any state-funded or authorized projects can begin. It mandates that the Water Resource Board conduct an independent, third-party review with an environmental impact assessment, allowing the legislature to suspend or authorize future programs based on those findings. The legislation also restricts the use of state funds for cloud seeding to only those basins where existing water supplies are insufficient to support current water rights and ecological needs. Additionally, the act defines cloud seeding activities, excludes frost prevention from its scope, and establishes penalties for unauthorized cloud seeding operations.