SB 97 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Motor vehicles; improper tinting films, signs, decals, and stickers, issuing citations.

Summary
Motor vehicles; improper tinting films, signs,decals, and stickers; issuing citations. Removes the provisions that prohibit a law-enforcement officer from lawfully stopping amotor vehicle for violations related to improper tinting films, signs,decals, and stickers on such motor vehicle's windows. The bill increasesfrom 35 percent to 50 percent the minimum percentage of total lighttransmittance required for tinting the rear and rear side windowsof any motor vehicle. The bill increases from 35 percent to 50 percentthe authorized reduction of total light transmittance for tintingthe rear and rear side windows of any motor vehicle and maintainsexemptions for multipurpose passenger vehicles and pickup trucks.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2024 Last action Feb 12, 2024
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Committee
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Feb 12, 2024
Committee
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from Transportation (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
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Mark Peake
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