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An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility

Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem  ·  5 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2243  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD760

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-15JointHearing scheduled for 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-25JointHearing rescheduled to 09/25/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-11SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-06-25SenateRules suspended
2026-06-25SenateRead second
2026-06-25SenateNew draft substituted, see S3145

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibilitySenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)  ·  2025-11-25 15:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-06-24 11:00  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Draft

favorable · 14

reserve right · 3

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-25Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableTelecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.