Bill Status of SB2763  103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTROL

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Laura Ellman and Natalie Toro

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/16/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Restricts State money from being used to install or replace permanent outdoor lighting units unless certain conditions are met. Provides that specified lighting units that were installed prior to the effective date of the Act and that produce light pollution need not be replaced until the end of the life of the lamp. Provides that these requirements apply to all lighting on or in all newly constructed, renovated, and retrofitted State-owned, State-supported, State-funded, or State-related rights-of-way, roadways and sidewalks, spaces, facilities, properties, nonhabitable structures, monuments, and flagpoles. Sets forth exemptions. Effective January 1, 2025.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/16/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman
  1/16/2024SenateFirst Reading
  1/16/2024SenateReferred to Assignments
  1/17/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Natalie Toro