Enacts the dark skies protection act

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Regulates outdoor night lighting to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Mar 31, 2026
Last action: May 8, 2026 — PRINT NUMBER 9637A
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 39 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Amended — base rate 13%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -2 39/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 160 days quiet

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