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Solar geoengineering — the deliberate release, injection, or dispersing of a chemical from an aircraft to artificially reduce sunlight reaching the Earth's atmosphere or surface — would become a third-degree felony under this bill for any aircraft owner or operator who intentionally uses or authorizes an aircraft in Utah for that purpose, punishable by prison time and a fine of up to $100,000. The bill would also require the Department of Transportation to create an online system where the public can report suspected solar geoengineering activity and would direct the department to forward credible reports to the Attorney General's Office. A recent substitute narrowed the reporting duty for airport operators: rather than reporting merely *suspected* solar geoengineering activity to the department, operators would now only be required to report activity they actually *know* to be solar geoengineering. The bill does not apply to weather modification activities already regulated under separate state law.