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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

S 3145: An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility

Introduced Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 3145 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on June 25, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility. Primary sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means. It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 1, 2026): Reprinted, as amended, see S3162.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Senate, June 25, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility (Senate, No. 2243),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 3145).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Senate Committee on Ways and MeansPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jo ComerfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateHampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Cynthia CreemCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateNorfolk and Middlesex
Jamie EldridgeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateMiddlesex and Worcester
Edward J. KennedyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Margaret ScarsdaleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1st Middlesex
Bruce TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenateFirst Essex and Middlesex

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Reprinted, as amended, see S3162
  2. Amendment #2 (Rodrigues) adopted
  3. Amendment #1 (Keenan) adopted
  4. Read third
  5. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  6. Ordered to a third reading
  7. Substituted as a new draft for S2243
  8. Recommended new draft for S2243
  9. Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source