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Committee adopts amendments, releases outdoor‑lighting bill after scientist testimony on health and ecosystems
Summary
S-1610/A-2196, revised with committee amendments to require fully shielded fixtures, motion sensors and lower color-temperature limits on some state-funded lighting, was released after testimony from a documentary filmmaker and Princeton astrophysicist describing effects of light pollution on health, wildlife and energy waste.
The Senate Energy and Environment Committee on Feb. 10 released S-1610 (and its Assembly companion A-2196) after adopting committee amendments that align the Senate bill to the Assembly version and add several technical limits on outdoor lighting.
Committee amendments consolidate light-output requirements to require fully…
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