North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota SCR4004: A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake in this event to observe, ponder, and support the natural dark sky resources of this state.
Status: Failed, January 24, 2025
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake in this event to observe, ponder, and support the natural dark sky resources of this state.
From the introduced text, January 14, 2025:
A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake in this event to observe, ponder, and support the natural dark sky resources of this state. WHEREAS, collisions with glass surfaces cause about one billion bird deaths in the United States each year, contributing to a 29 percent decline in North American bird populations since 1970; and WHEREAS, over half of North America's breeding birds are migratory, with more than 80 percent migrating at night, and during migration, lights can cause birds to collide with windows or walls, causing injury, exhaustion, confusion, or death; and WHEREAS, North Dakota is located along the Central Flyway, with its eastern border on the edge of the Mississippi Flyway, a significant neotropical migratory pathway, where approximately 450 million birds migrate through North Dakota in the spring and 400 million each fall, and on peak migration nights, as many as 35 million birds migrate over the state; and WHEREAS, eliminating nonessential indoor and exterior lighting during the spring and fall migration can significantly reduce bird mortality; and WHEREAS, private organizations supporting North Dakota Dark Sky Week encourage state, municipal, residential, and commercial building owners, operators, managers, and tenants to turn off, dim, or redirect excess lighting during migration seasons …
Sponsors
- Tim Mathern (D, 11) · primary sponsor
- Austin Foss (D, 44)
- Karla Hanson (D, 44)
- Eric Murphy (R, 43)
- Dean Rummel (R, 37)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to adopt
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 1 0
- : Committee Hearing 10:00
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Common questions
- What is SCR4004?
- SCR4004 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake in this event to observe, ponder, and support the natural dark sky resources of this state.
- What does SCR4004 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake in this event to observe, ponder, and support the natural dark sky resources of this state.
- What is the status of SCR4004?
- Failed as of January 24, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to adopt (January 24, 2025).
- Who sponsored SCR4004?
- Tim Mathern (D, 11), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR4004?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo4004.html
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