This bill regulates outdoor lighting fixtures. Beginning January 1, 2024, it imposes, with some exceptions, certain requirements related to the installation and use of outdoor lighting fixtures. It prohibits a person from placing or installing an outdoor lighting fixture unless the fixture is shielded to direct the light downward. It provides that if an outdoor lighting fixture is not shielded it may not be operated between 11 p.m. and sunrise. It prohibits the installation of outdoor lighting fixtures that use a mercury vapor lamp. These provisions apply in the absence of a municipal ordinance that provides the same or more restrictive requirements. Where there is no such ordinance, the Department of Environmental Protection has authority to enforce the requirements. It also requires outdoor luminaires for buildings owned or leased by the State to be consistent with certain standards established by the Illuminating Engineering Society.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1845, HP 1177: 5.1769