Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 766
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Became HF 766 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 766 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Drivers would no longer follow specific rules set by the Department of Transportation regarding how clear their car windows must be. Instead, the law would directly ban any vehicle on the highway with windows that let in less than a certain amount of light. People driving law enforcement vehicles for work are still exempt from these rules.¹

Read the official explanation

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 (window) 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.7), “excessively dark or 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. This bill strikes the authority of the DOT to adopt rules establishing a minimum measurable standard of transparency and instead prohibits a person from operating on the highway a motor vehicle equipped with a window that meets a minimum standard of transparency of less than percent light transmittance.438 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed²

House subcommittee

Named February 12, 2025. On February 18, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.438

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Lobbying

0 for · 2 against · 8 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 350Renumbered90th GA SF 2267Cleared committee90th GA HF 405Cleared committee90th GA HF 2037Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 206Renumbered HF 766Became lawfrom HF 206

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 2037 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
Cleared committee
SF 2267 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
Cleared committee
HF 405 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee
SF 350 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 491 · same title
Cleared committee
SF 491 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2267 · same title
Cleared committee

Similar bills this General Assembly

SSB 1019 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage
Nearly identical
HF 2024 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
91st General Assembly · In committee
Nearly identical

Matched by wording or an identical title.