Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB452: Outdoor Lighting - Guidance and Use of State Funds
Status: Chaptered, May 6, 2025
Requiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before October 1, 2026, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install or replace certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting unless certain requirements are met; altering the requirements for the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Outdoor Lighting - Guidance and Use of State Funds FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before a certain date, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install or replace certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting unless certain requirements are met; altering the requirements for the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting…
From the enrolled text, May 8, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Outdoor Lighting - Guidance and Use of State Funds FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before a certain date, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install or replace certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting unless certain requirements are met; altering the requirements for the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting; authorizing the Board of Public Works, or the Board's designee, to waive a requirement for the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a certain review; and generally relating to outdoor lighting. BY adding to Article - Public Safety Section 12-1301 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 13. Outdoor Lighting Guidance" Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - State Finance and Procurement Section 14-412 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Public Safety SUBTITLE 13. OUTDOOR LIGHTING GUIDANCE. 12-1301. (A) …