Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to motor vehicles equipped with an excessively dark or reflective front windshield, and making penalties applicable
Topics:Transportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Under current law, a person is prohibited from operating 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 is excessively dark or reflective so that it is difficult for a person outside the motor vehicle to see into the motor vehicle through the window. _____ reflective” means the window does not meet a minimum standard of transparency of percent light transmittance. However, the requirement does not apply to 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.
Read the full explanation
This bill requires a peace officer to issue a citation and impound a motor vehicle equipped with a front windshield that meets a minimum standard of transparency of less than percent light transmittance. However, in lieu of the officer impounding the motor vehicle, a person may instead immediately remove or modify the material that was applied to the windshield until the windshield meets a minimum standard of transparency of at least percent light transmittance or remove the motor vehicle from the highway without unreasonable delay by towing the vehicle or by having the vehicle towed. The bill prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle that is impounded or towed pursuant to the bill until the windshield meets a minimum standard of transparency of at least percent light transmittance. The bill does not apply to 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.438 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 10, 2026. On February 12, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§321.438
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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