Bill Amendment: IL HB5474 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTROL

Status: 2026-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0800 [HB5474 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5474-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Adriane Johnson

Filed: 4/30/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5474
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5474 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act
is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
(415 ILCS 200/15)
Sec. 15. Outdoor lighting control. All new luminaires
purchased with State funds after the effective date of this
Act or installed after the effective date of this Act on a
structure or land that is owned and managed by the Department
of Natural Resources, including roadways, facilities,
properties, nonhabitable structures, monuments, and public
right-of-way spaces, including sidewalks, with the intended
purpose of outdoor illumination must follow the following
outdoor lighting control requirements:
(1) Permanent outdoor luminaires must be fully

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shielded with an IES BUG rating and produce less than 1% of
its emitted light above 80 degrees from the downward
vertical direction of nadir. Light should not be emitted
at an angle above 60 degrees from the downward vertical
direction of nadir.
(2) Luminaires must avoid light trespass by not
exceeding an illuminance of one lux as measured at ground
level both horizontally and vertically at the property
boundary.
(3) Luminaires purchased or installed on or before
June 30, 2032 must have a correlated color temperature
less than or equal to 2,700 Kelvin. All new luminaires
purchased or installed after June 30, 2032 must have a
correlated color temperature less than or equal to 2,200
Kelvin. In residential areas, dark sky locations, or
environmentally sensitive areas, such as State parks and
outdoor recreation facilities, correlated color
temperature should be no more than 2,200 Kelvin.
(4) Outdoor lighting must be minimized to no more than
25% above ANSI/IES standards or United States Department
of Transportation recommendations.
(5) Facade lighting must be minimized to no more than
25% above ANSI/IES standards, must project downward, and
must not violate the light trespass limits in paragraph
(2).
(6) When the installation or replacement of roadway

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lighting is planned, the appropriate authority must
determine whether reflective roadway markings or
reflective signage is appropriate and safe for the
situation in lieu of outdoor lighting. Reflectorized
roadway markings, lines, warning signs, informational
signs or other passive means must be used for roadway
lighting, except at intersections of 2 or more streets or
highways, unless it is determined that adequate safety
cannot be achieved by reflective means.
(7) No artificial lighting above one lux, as measured
at ground level both horizontally and vertically, may
trespass onto land or waterways designated or managed as
habitat, reserve, natural area, open space, or wilderness.
(Source: P.A. 103-1007, eff. 1-1-25.)
(415 ILCS 200/20)
Sec. 20. Exceptions. This Act does not apply if:
(1) the luminaires are on a structure or land that is
owned, supported, funded, leased, or managed by the State
in a county or municipality that, by ordinance or
resolution, has adopted provisions that are equal to or
more stringent than the provisions of this Act;
(2) a federal law or regulation preempts this Act;
(3) a State agency determines a safety or security
need exists that cannot be addressed by any other method;
(4) fire, police, rescue, or repair personnel need

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light for temporary emergencies or road repair work;
(5) it has been determined that a reasonable safety
and security interest exists at correctional or hospital
facilities that cannot be addressed by another method as
long as it complies with existing standards,
specifications, or policies;
(6) navigational lighting systems and other lighting
are necessary to comply with Federal Aviation
Administration airside operations or nautical safety;
(7) lamps greater than 2,700 Kelvin are used on active
sports grounds or show grounds, but only for the duration
of a practice, match, or event. Lamps emitting greater
than 2,700 Kelvin under this paragraph must be positioned,
angled, or shielded to prevent direct glare and light
trespass onto neighboring property or properties, and the
positioning, angling, or shielding must limit upward light
emission to only the amount necessary to light the
sporting or grounds activity;
(8) flagpoles installed after the effective date of
this Act are lit by means of a downward-facing lamp and
using a lamp of 2,700 Kelvin or lower;
(9) flagpoles installed on or before the effective
date of this Act are upward-lit by partially shielded or
unshielded luminaires using a lamp of 2,200 Kelvin or
lower to minimize the impact of glare, light trespass, and
sky glow and are converted to conform to requirements upon

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retrofitting;
(10) the luminaires luminaries are existing decorative
and ornamental lighting that serve historical purposes,
but replacement luminaires luminaries for the existing
decorative and ornamental lighting must meet the standards
of this Act to the extent possible while maintaining
historical fidelity; or
(11) the luminaires luminaries are temporary seasonal
holiday lighting lasting no longer than 45 days
surrounding the holiday season; or .
(12) it is necessary to use uplighting for statuary
lighting and historical fa�ade lighting. In cases where
uplighting is the only viable solution for these items,
the lighting should have a color corrected temperature of
no more than 2,700 degrees Kelvin, must be minimized to no
more than 25% above ANSI/IES standards, must not violate
the light trespass limits in paragraph (2) of Section 15,
and must be extinguished every night no later than 12:00
a.m. After January 1, 2027, any new placement or
replacement of uplighting of State historic statuary and
State historical fa�ade lighting shall be approved by the
State Historic Preservation Office.
(Source: P.A. 103-1007, eff. 1-1-25.)
(415 ILCS 200/25)
Sec. 25. Other laws. If this Act conflicts with any other

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federal law, State law, or local ordinance controlling
lighting, outdoor luminaires luminaries, signage, outdoor
advertising, displays, or devices that is more stringent than
the Act, then the federal law, State law, or local ordinance
controls to the extent it is more stringent than the Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-1007, eff. 1-1-25.)".