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Committee passes SB 2987 with SD1 adding exemptions and technical fixes
Summary
The committee passed SB 2987 to establish statewide outdoor-lighting requirements with an SD1 that added exemptions for airports, highways and harbors and moved an effective date; the University of Hawaii offered a campus-zoning amendment and multiple stakeholders testified for and against.
On Feb. 12, 2026 the Senate committee passed Senate Bill 2987 with an SD1 that included technical and non-substantive amendments, an exemption carve-out for airports, highways and harbors, and a revised effective date recorded in the hearing.
Doug Simons of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy told the committee the university…
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