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SCR 67

CONGRESS: To memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Valarie Hodges

Memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana, urging hearings and a federal report on methods, environmental and health impacts, and protections for residents.

Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025.
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Bill Summary · SCR 67

Summary and issue note — SCR 67

Important: the materials you supplied contain multiple different concurrent resolutions all labeled “SCR 67” from different states and on different topics. None of the attached documents contains text that matches the bill title you gave at the top (“CONGRESS: To memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana”). Before preparing a definitive summary, please confirm which of the following you want summarized:

  • The geoengineering memorial to Congress (title you supplied), or
  • One of the attached documents (see list below), or
  • Provide the actual text of the geoengineering SCR 67.

Below I (1) list what the provided documents actually are, and (2) offer a short, clearly labeled draft/hypothetical summary of what a concurrent resolution titled “Memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana” would typically contain — so you have an immediate usable summary if that’s what you intended.

1) What the attached documents actually are (brief)

  • California — “Family Justice Center Day” (SCR 67, Grayson): Proclaims May 19, 2025 as Family Justice Center Day; recognizes the California Family Justice Network and 27 affiliated Family Justice Centers serving ~70,000 survivors/year; no fiscal effect. (Text appears in Documents 1 & 2.)

  • Kentucky — “Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force” (multiple committee and substitute drafts): Establishes a Legislative Research Commission task force to study disaster mitigation, resilience, infrastructure, governance, and make recommendations; membership list, reporting deadline (submit findings/recommendations by Dec 1, 2025), monthly meetings during 2025 interim. (Document 3 and other “GA” versions.)

  • Delaware — “Foster Care Month” (excerpt in version content): Recognizes May 2025 as Foster Care Month and highlights number of foster children and homes in state (dates and counts included).

  • Hawaii — “Mental Health Care Workforce” (SCR 67 SD1 & variants): Concurrent resolution requesting state agencies to cooperate on recruiting/hiring mental health workforce; transmittal to agency heads. (Versions titled SCR67_SD1 / SCR67.)

  • Multiple “SCR 67” drafts and legislative actions appear mixed together in the timeline; the legislative actions you included (votes, enrollments, chaptering, dates) appear to relate to one or more of these measures rather than a single geoengineering resolution.

2) Draft / Hypothetical summary — “Memorialize Congress to investigate geoengineering in Louisiana” (labelled hypothetical)

Purpose and intent
- To formally request (memorialize) the United States Congress to open inquiries and/or hearings into alleged or potential geoengineering activities affecting the State of Louisiana and to direct relevant federal agencies to investigate environmental, health, and infrastructure impacts.

Key provisions (typical for a memorial resolution)
- Calls on Congress to hold hearings and direct agencies (e.g., NOAA, EPA, Dept. of Defense, USGS, NASA, CDC) to investigate reported geoengineering activities over Louisiana.
- Requests a federal report assessing: scope/timeline of activities, scientific methods used (e.g., aerosol dispersal, solar radiation management), environmental impacts (air, soil, water, wetlands, coastal erosion), public health outcomes, and effects on fisheries and agriculture.
- Urges interim protective steps (increased monitoring, public notice) and recommends coordination with state agencies and universities.
- Asks Congress to make findings public and consider legislative or regulatory responses (moratoria, oversight, funding for remediation or long-term monitoring).

Who would be affected
- Louisiana residents (public health and perceived risks), coastal and wetland ecosystems, fisheries and agriculture, state and local agencies, and federal research and regulatory agencies asked to respond.

Procedural / timeline notes (typical)
- Concurrent resolution: non–binding memorial to Congress (no force of law).
- If included, a request for a report would usually specify a deadline (commonly 90–180 days); absent the text, no deadline can be confirmed.

Next steps
- Confirm which document you want summarized (the geoengineering memorial or one of the attached SCR 67 texts).
- If you want a final, authoritative summary of the geoengineering memorial, please paste the bill text (or confirm that you want the hypothetical draft fleshed out into a full summary, and indicate any specific provisions you expect).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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