Louisiana legislators advanced a bill to prohibit geo-engineering – the spraying of particulate matter into the atmosphere to manipulate the weather – moving the state's "chemtrails" ban to the Senate.

Last Thursday, SB46, which aims "To prohibit the intentional release, or dispersion of chemicals into the environment of this state with the express purpose of affecting temperature," passed with 58 votes to 33.

"This bill is to prevent any chemicals above us in the air, specifically to modify the weather," State Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates (R-Ponchatoula) told the House floor.