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title: Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 63 0038 to HB 1161
collection: amendment
id: amendment:2025-2026/hb1161/248469
cite_as: HB 1161, Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 63 0038
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date: 2026-09-25
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# Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 63 0038 to HB 1161

ADOPTED
Senators Bearden of the 30th, Hatchett of the 50th, Strickland of the 42nd, Robertson of the
29th, Albers of the 56th, and others offered the following amendment #2:
Amend the substitute to HB 1161 (LC 63 0158S) by inserting after "Safety;" on line 9 the
following:
to modify the permissible reduction of light transmission through the application of material
and glazing to the windows of certain motor vehicles; to provide for definitions;
By inserting after line 121 the following:
SECTION 3.
Said title is further amended in Code Section 40-8-73.1, relating to tinting of windows or
windshields, by revising subsections (a) and (b) and paragraph (6) of subsection (c) as
follows:
"(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) <ins>'Front side and door windows' means the side and door windows of a motor vehicle
that are directly to the right and left of the driver.
(2)</ins> 'Light reflectance' means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected
outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or
material.
<del>(2)(3)</del> 'Light transmission' means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in
percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on
the surface.
<del>(3) 'Manufacturer' means a person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating
material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which
material reduces light transmission.
</del>
(4) 'Material' means any transparent product or substance which reduces light
transmission.
(5) 'Multipurpose passenger vehicle' means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons
or less which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional
off-road operation.
<ins>(6) 'Rear side and door windows' means the side and door windows of a motor vehicle
that are not directly to the right and left of the driver.
</ins> (b) Except as provided in this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a motor vehicle in this state:
(1) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield, which
material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the
windshield; <del>or
</del> (2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to <del>the rear windshield or</del> the <ins>front
</ins> side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light
transmission through the windshield or window to less than <del>32</del> <ins>28</ins> percent, plus or minus
3 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent; <ins>or
(3) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the rear
side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light
transmission through the windshield or window to less than 15 percent, plus or minus 3
percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent."
</ins> "(6) The rear windshield or the <ins>rear</ins> side or door windows, <del>except those windows to the
right and left of the driver</del> of:
(A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle;
(B) A school bus, any other bus used for public transportation, and any bus or van
owned or leased by any religious or any nonprofit organization duly incorporated under
the laws of this state;
(C) Any limousine owned or leased by a public or private entity; or
(D) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been tinted or
darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation;"
By redesignating Sections 3 and 4 as Sections 4 and 5, respectively.