Assembly Bill A1805

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting tinted windows in sport utility vehicles

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1805 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1042
2011-2012: A792
2013-2014: A361
2015-2016: A303
2017-2018: A3726
2019-2020: A3682
2021-2022: A2188

2023-A1805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits tinted windows in sport utility vehicles.

2023-A1805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1805
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, PAULIN, BENEDETTO, PEOPLES-STOKES --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   tinted windows in sport utility vehicles

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph (b) of subdivision  12-a
 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 155
 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   (3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, SPORT UTILITY VEHI-
 CLE,  hardtop,  coupe, hatchback or convertible and any rear side window
 has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
   (4) the rear window of which is composed of,  covered  by  or  treated
 with  any  material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy
 percent. [A rear window may have a  light  transmittance  of  less  than
 seventy  percent  if  the  vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both
 sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof  shall  have  a
 clear  and  full  view  of the road and condition of traffic behind such
 vehicle.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00814-01-3

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