AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF BLUE LIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE COMPANIES.

HB 5246 (2025) allows environmental service companies to use blue lights on their vehicles when responding to requests from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to clean up accident scenes contaminated with hazardous materials. This bill directly affects environmental service companies and DEEP, authorizing a specific lighting standard during these cleanup operations. The key provision amends existing law to permit blue lights - typically reserved for emergency vehicles - only for this defined purpose of hazardous material scene cleanup. The stated goal is to improve safety and response times for these specialized cleanup crews.