Amendment H-1120 to HF 766
Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
Withdrawn · March 25, 2025
Filed March 18, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds exceptions to the window tint rules for law enforcement officers on duty and for people with medical conditions involving extreme light sensitivity. People with a doctor's note for light sensitivity can have darker windows as long as they carry the note in the vehicle and maintain at least 35 percent light transparency.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “Section
- Section 147.77, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.”
- Page 1, by striking lines 18 through 21 and inserting: “b. This subsection Paragraph “a” does not apply to a any of the following: (1) A person who operates a motor vehicle owned or leased by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency if the operation is part of the person’s official duties. (2) A person who operates a motor vehicle in compliance with this subparagraph while possessing, or transporting a passenger who possesses, an affidavit signed by a physician licensed under chapter 148, a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, or an optometrist licensed under chapter 154 stating that the person or passenger has a medical condition involving extreme sensitivity to light that makes it necessary for a motor vehicle to be equipped with a front windshield, side window, or sidewing that does not meet the minimum measurable standard of transparency established in paragraph “a” . (a) The person or passenger shall carry a copy of the affidavit in the motor vehicle at all times. (b) The person shall not operate on the highway a motor vehicle equipped with a front windshield, a side window to the immediate right or left of the driver, or a sidewing forward of and to the left or right of the driver which does not meet a minimum standard of transparency of thirty-five percent light transmittance.”
- By renumbering as necessary.