# Massachusetts S 3162: An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility

Massachusetts S 3162, An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-06 (Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 3162
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to improve outdoor lighting, conserve energy, and increase dark-sky visibility
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-07-01
- Last action: 2026-07-06, Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: House Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cynthia Stone Creem (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Edward J. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: James B. Eldridge (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Margaret R. Scarsdale (Democratic), House

## Actions (3)

- 2026-07-06: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-07-01: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #198 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2026-07-01: S3145, reprinted as amended (Senate)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3162.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3162.pdf)

## Related
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- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3162-194 (as of 2026-11-01).