Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Henry Stone (R)
Topics:Transportation
Same legislation: HF 206
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 25, 202572–25
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 11, 2026
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 23, 202631–16
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawMay 15, 2026
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of letting the Department of Transportation set the rules, this law would set specific limits on how dark or reflective car windows can be. It prohibits drivers from using windshields or side windows that do not allow enough light through. People who break these rules would have to pay a $70 fine.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 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 front windshield that meets a minimum standard of transparency of less than percent light transmittance or a side window or sidewing immediately beside or forward of the driver, as applicable, that meets a minimum standard of transparency of less than percent light transmittance.438 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2026. On February 4, 2026 it recommended passage.
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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 applicable90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2267 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 405 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 350 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 491 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 491 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2267 · same titleCleared committee
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- SSB 1019 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageNearly identical
- HF 2024 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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