New York A 445: Permits only one traffic infraction per traffic stop for having tinted windows on a motor vehicle

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 445

Sponsors: Phil Steck

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A00445 Summary:

BILL NOA00445 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04942

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Amd §375, V & T L

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Permits only one traffic infraction per traffic stop for having tinted windows on a motor vehicle.

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 445

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting
 only one traffic infraction per traffic stop for having tinted windows
 on a motor vehicle

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 12-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
 3 (h) Notwithstanding any other law, only one traffic infraction may be
 4 incurred as a result of a single traffic stop by an owner of a motor
 5 vehicle for a violation of subparagraph one, two, three, or four of
 6 paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00422-01-5

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