Video & Transcript Research : 'outdoor lighting'
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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Present in support, not wishing to speak: Chris Lemoyne with Louisiana Outdoor Properties, Auctions,
- Present in support, not wishing to speak: Kent Juneau with Bonnet Auctions, Louisiana Outdoor Properties
- How does this make us any safer when they run the red lights?
- going to get is that why are we paying the $2, how does this make us any safer when they run the red lights
Keywords:
literacy, adolescent, teacher education, high-dosage tutoring, reading intervention, workforce development, training programs, Bayou Growth Opportunity, funding, employment, skills gap, qualified employer, credential recognition, government growth limit, recurring revenue, state finance, Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund, fiscal responsibility, legislative sessions, regular sessions
Summary:
The House Appropriations Committee met on April 22 and took up several bills, beginning with House Bill 646 and its companion House Bill 824 by Chairman Beaulieu. HB 646 proposed a constitutional amendment limiting the amount of State General Fund recurring money that may be appropriated in a fiscal year, and HB 824 set the growth limit formula based on CPI, medical CPI, and population change. Amendments were adopted on both bills, including creation of a Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund, and both bills were reported favorably as amended.
The committee also advanced House Bill 1157, which creates the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund to support infrastructure-related projects through a bank-like financing structure. After a technical amendment, the bill was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 316 on student literacy was presented as a continuation of prior literacy reforms, with the Department of Education stating it would not require new funding; it was reported favorably. House Bill 549 created the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program to help employers train and upskill workers, with supporters from business groups saying it would be industry-supported and modeled on a successful Michigan program; it was also reported favorably as amended.
House Bill 1129, dealing with the sale of state-owned surplus movable property, drew support from Louisiana auctioneers who argued local firms should be allowed to bid on the state’s auction contract instead of relying on an out-of-state vendor. Members questioned whether the state could receive more revenue and expressed support for giving Louisiana companies a chance to compete. The bill was reported favorably. House Bill 873, which would add a $2 fee on driver’s license renewals to fund pursuit intervention technology and training for law enforcement, generated substantial concern about adding fees and whether the money should instead come from existing budgets. After discussion of the bill’s purpose, the technology involved, and the need for a sunset, the committee deferred the bill to work on revisions. Finally, House Bill 752, which would allow the timing and duration of regular legislative sessions to be set by joint rule, was reported without action after members noted the revised fiscal note showed a decrease in state general fund expenditures.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Alex brought light and leadership into every space he entered including his family time in public service
- project helped protect and preserve a local nature center, a reflection of both his love for the outdoors
- Members, this is the Antique Outdoor Motors Act.
- If your communities are interested in restoring and implementing limited light in your communities, please
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- responsibility to all Texans to participate in preserving and protecting the way we recreate, enjoy the outdoors
- If lightning is detected, we shut down all outdoor activities immediately.
- point where our EMTs know that once they're on our property,... ...they lose the siren, they lose the lights
- And/or flashing lights. It may very well have a similar effect without the clearing effect.
- I wouldn't want to rely Solely on lights, but that often is a part of the notification system.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This day of remembrance can bring hope where there is despair and shine a light.
- This Day of Remembrance can bring hope where there is despair and shine a light.
- A light not only to educate others about these types of losses that they may not have experienced themselves
- , but a light in the lives of those who have gone through it, who have suffered, who still mourn.
- A dog, a cat, could live inside for up to 12 years without ever seeing the outdoors, and just putting
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted a resolution congratulating Grant Marshall on earning Eagle Scout, and then passed two local/private bills to enactment: a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee and a measure waiving the Boston Police Department’s maximum age requirement for Luis Cabral. The chamber also received and journalized a communication from Senator Rush stating he would have voted yes on S. 3014 while away on Navy training.
The Senate then took up several committee rule-suspension and extension orders. It approved extensions for the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on two late-filed matters until July 31, 2026, and approved two Health Care Financing extension orders, one extending 15 bills to March 31, 2026 and another extending six bills to May 1, 2026. Senators explained the delays as needed for hearings, stakeholder input, and mandated benefit reviews. The chamber also advanced local bills for Rutland recall elections, Boxford liquor licenses, Boston police age waivers, and Milton school construction timing, and adopted a resolution recognizing Endometriosis Awareness Month.
A major portion of the session was devoted to H. 3014, the omnibus “Pets Act,” which combined provisions on animal welfare, pet shop sales, housing, insurance, and enforcement. Senators supporting the bill described it as banning the retail sale of dogs and cats from puppy mills, strengthening anti-cruelty enforcement, expanding access for animal control officers, limiting breed discrimination in housing and insurance, and protecting pet ownership in subsidized housing. Several amendments were debated: some were withdrawn or rejected, including proposals on renters’ insurance, nuisance barking, and property damage; others were adopted, including a compromise expanding protections for domestic animals, standards on animal welfare, and reporting/adoption requirements for research animals. The Ways and Means amendment was adopted as amended, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by roll call, with 38 members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 22nd, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- With limited cell phone coverage in many of these areas, we must rely on proven technology like outdoor
- lighting or warning sirens.
- Essentially, Senate Bill 3 requires the Texas Water Development Board to identify flood-prone areas where outdoor
- I think it gets missed a lot as these are called outdoor sirens.
- As pending business, members, this is the bill that Representative Wilson laid out regarding outdoor
Keywords:
HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, missing persons alerts, accessible alerts, hearing impaired
MN
AL
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VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Section four, the Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance and Vermont Outdoor Recreation Business.
- Section four, the Vermont Outdoor Section four, the Vermont Outdoor Business<00:30:21.720>
Alliance - and Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance and Vermont Outdoor Recreation<00:30:23.880>
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outdoor <00:31:03.760>recreation <00:31:04.360>business The outdoor - Section three: there was $200,000 for the outdoor recreation collaborative.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The whale tail plate was created to fund programs that connect Californians to the coast through outdoor
- These efforts play a critical role in expanding equitable access to the outdoors and ensuring that all
- Californians, regardless of background, have equitable access to the outdoors and ensuring that all
- $1 million was available to support these programs, limiting opportunities for outdoor education and
- Families are being forced to choose between food, medicine, and keeping the lights on.
Summary:
The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting, codify existing CEQA exemptions for recharge diversions, and help California capture flood flows for storage in aquifers. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it or sought amendments, warning about CEQA, streambed, Delta, and tribal-resource concerns. The bill was held open pending a quorum.
Members then heard AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy use and related information to the Energy Commission and local agencies. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and support grid planning. Data center industry and business groups opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while several environmental and local-government groups supported or supported if amended. The bill was left with a due-pass recommendation once a quorum was present.
The committee also took up AB 2245 on producer responsibility for vehicle lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental protections in overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation/VMT analysis, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects, and AB 2433 on density bonus housing incentives. Each bill drew a mix of support from sponsors, local agencies, labor, housing, or environmental justice groups and opposition or concerns from business, local government, or conservation organizations. Several measures were amended in committee, and multiple bills were reported out on due-pass or due-pass-as-amended votes, with some roll calls left open for absent members.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business REVISED: SB1873 - Link added Mar 31st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Business
Transcript Highlights:
- In light of 250 years of rocket's red glare, we are running Senate Bill 1948, which allows the sale of
- No county shall prohibit a private outdoor. No county shall prohibit.
Keywords:
roofing, contractor registration, continuing education, endorsement, construction industry, fireworks, consumer safety, local governance, emergency declaration, public safety, Occupational Therapy, licensure, interstate compact, telehealth, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act, mortgage licensing, mortgage broker, mortgage lender
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Trooper KS took great delight in fatherhood, describing his family as the light of his life.
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of <00:29:22.000>his light of his light of his life.<00:29:24.559>He - <03:23:24.319>
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for provides outdoor healing experiences for provides outdoor healing experiences - how you bring local officials, outdoor how you bring local officials, outdoor recreation,<04:20:
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- holiday decorations, holiday lights. holiday decorations, holiday lights.
- interpretation like holiday lights. interpretation like holiday lights.
- <01:20:58.400>
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- holiday lights. holiday lights.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, quorum call, and a brief visit from Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, who thanked delegates for their work on the budget and legislation. The chamber then handled several conference committee and Senate messages, including House Bill 153 on residential rental apartment air conditioning requirements. The conference report changed the bill from four to 10 units, removed preemption language, and required existing units with air conditioning to keep it; the report was adopted and the bill passed on third reading with 90 affirmative votes.
The House also took up a number of Senate bills on third reading. Among those passed were measures on digital asset and blockchain task force establishment, franchise registration and disclosure law changes, professional licensing portability for foreign service members and spouses, medical cannabis protections for fire and rescue employees, workers’ compensation presumptions for Carroll County correctional deputies, speed monitoring systems approval timing, veterans cemeteries interment, motorcycle safety awareness in driver testing, IT investment fund uses, child care credential funding, school bus fire safety standards, local stop-sign monitoring pilot programs, stalking penalties, divorce records under the Public Information Act, local boards of elections qualifications, local sourcing database creation, and mutual insurance holding company conversions. Most passed overwhelmingly, though several drew notable dissent, including Senate Bills 10, 223, 439, 467, 757, 775, and 877.
Members used vote-change time to shift positions on several bills, and the floor leader and committee chairs answered questions on the record. On Senate Bill 10, delegates discussed the bill’s “shot clock” for State Highway Administration responses to local speed camera requests; the chair later clarified that if State Highway does not act within 120 days, approval is deemed granted. On Senate Bill 775, the Judiciary chair explained that the bill requires destruction of firearms in gun buyback programs and serial-number checks to identify stolen or evidentiary firearms, with some firearms potentially returned if stolen. The House also adopted a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 949, which the floor leader said mirrors House Bill 1069 and would allow Maryland to count state-level ballots if federal action prevents counting federal ballots.
The chamber also handled an amendment and conference committee process on Senate Bill 141 concerning election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, with the House and Senate appointing conferees after each declined to recede. Several bills were passed by large margins, including Senate Bills 46, 68, 85, 314, 371, 426, 480, 512, 654, 808, 968, and 982, while a few had narrower margins such as Senate Bills 443 and 757. No final adjournment or sine die action occurred in the excerpt.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26) - Reupload
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> House Bill 571 with House Committee Substitute 1, Representative Holloway, an act relating to light
- pollution and declaring an to light pollution and declaring an emergency.<00:08:26.960>
House - The Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee has met and reports House Bill 506 should pass with House
- The Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee has met and reports House Bill 506 should pass with House
- Bill 685, and to tourism and outdoor Bill 685, and to tourism and outdoor recreation,<02:54:22.479
Keywords:
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Summary:
The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control.
Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation.
Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We have our Becoming an Outdoors Woman program, which aims to get women more comfortable in outdoor activities
- Hampshire we have our becoming Outdoors Hampshire we have our becoming Outdoors woman<00:13:38.800
- occur we participate in all the outdoor occur we participate in all the outdoor education<00:56:
- respect to uh the love of the outdoors respect to uh the love of the outdoors really<01:42:11.239
- um and the only bad day in the outdoors um and the only bad day in the outdoors<01:45:09.480>
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- When considering funding for trail networks authorizes the honor of an outdoor advertising sign to increase
- Next, we have French Brown from the outdoor advertising association waiving in support.
- amongst our consumer members, is a testament to that commitment and our dedication to keeping the lights
- Florida Power and Light does a great job partnering with our electric co-op. They are a great team.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and coastal waters by 2030, 30 by 30, the state's nature-based solutions climate targets and our Outdoors
- But I see you hit your light, so I'll give you the final word on this one.
- And in light of the recent national Farm to School program and local schools funding being canceled,
- activities that are critical to achieving the state's climate, biodiversity, and natural working lands and outdoor
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Anna Kaufman, government relations with the Wyoming Outdoor Council.
- <00:38:24.480>
Um Outdoor Council. Um Outdoor Council. - And it says that Cheyenne Fuel and Light will be looking at using CO2.
- There has been a surcharge on Rocky Mountain Power and Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power customer bills.
- There has been a surcharge on Rocky Mountain Power and Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power customer bills.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I conducted a survey about outdoor lighting on my campus, and the responses were full of comments like
- I think there's some assumptions that the lighting that we have is the lighting that we need, and that's
- And that's what dark-sky-friendly lighting does: it shines the light down, not in your eyes.
- Most of the lighting that we see is old lighting that's in office buildings, garages, basements, and
- opposed clean lighting standards.
Summary:
The committee hearing focused on a broad set of energy efficiency, building decarbonization, school modernization, and lighting bills. Testimony generally came from municipal leaders, labor unions, environmental groups, and advocates who supported measures such as H. 3529/S. 2294 on building energy and decarbonization, H. 3577/S. 2286 on a zero-carbon renovation fund, H. 3476/S. 2275 on healthy and sustainable schools, H. 3565 on Mass Save zero-carbon assessments, H. 3477 on clean lighting and appliance efficiency standards, and the Dark Sky bills on outdoor lighting. Supporters argued these bills would cut emissions, lower utility bills, improve indoor air quality and school conditions, and direct resources to environmental justice, gateway, and low-income communities.
Witnesses emphasized that Massachusetts’ older building stock and school facilities need major upgrades, and that state funding and financing tools are needed to close gaps left by declining federal support. Mayors, labor leaders, and environmental advocates said the proposals would create local jobs, expand apprenticeships, and help municipalities and schools undertake retrofits, ventilation improvements, heat pump installations, and other decarbonization work. Several speakers also defended Mass Save as highly cost-effective while urging new funding sources beyond ratepayer bills for larger-scale building upgrades. One representative asked about the difference between current Mass Save audits and proposed zero-carbon assessments, and the sponsor explained the new assessments would include heat pumps, solar, storage, wiring upgrades, and rate-structure guidance.
There was also testimony on the Dark Sky bill, with astronomers and museum representatives arguing that better-shielded, downward-facing lighting would reduce energy waste, protect wildlife and human health, and preserve night skies without compromising safety. Committee members raised concerns about pedestrian safety and whether education might be enough instead of legislation; supporters responded that the bill follows established lighting standards and targets only unnecessary glare and skyward light. On the school bill, an open-shop contractor group opposed the measure, arguing its PLA and apprenticeship requirements would restrict bidding and reduce competition, while labor organizations strongly supported the workforce standards and prevailing wage provisions.
No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee heard extensive testimony and several members asked clarifying questions, but the transcript does not show any final action or disposition on the bills.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , yellow-light, green-light, where we understand if these investments of flow and habitat are having
- their intended outcomes: great, green light.
- If it's a yellow light, it's a little unclear, then it's in a holding pattern.
- We at the Trust for Public Land, our core mission is to provide access to the outdoors for people.
- And Golden Gate Fields is one of those projects that will connect many people to the outdoors.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They have such light fur, folks, that when their hair goes off, it doesn't straight fall to the ground
- People have discovered the outdoors and the necessity for the outdoors and recreation, uh, in our metro
- and the necessity for the outdoors and the necessity for the outdoors<00:59:14.799>
and <00:59 - seamless outdoor recreation experience for<01:03:44.799>
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