New York S 4572: Relates to the level of acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film

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S04572 Summary:

BILL NOS04572 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05306

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRGONZALEZ, RAMOS, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§375 & 301, V & T L

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Relates to the level of acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film.

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BILL NOS04572 

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02/07/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1316

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/17/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4572

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, GONZALEZ, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the level of
 acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subdivision 12-a of section 375
 2 of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) as amended and paragraph
 3 (d) as added by chapter 155 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (b) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway,
 6 road or street:
 7 (1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or treat-
 8 ed with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seven-
 9 ty percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six inches
 10 of the windshield; or
 11 (2) the sidewings or side windows of which on either side forward of
 12 or adjacent to the operator's seat are composed of, covered by or treat-
 13 ed with any material which has a light transmittance of less than
 14 [seventy] fifty percent; or
 15 (3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe,
 16 hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light transmit-
 17 tance of less than [seventy] fifty percent; or
 18 (4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated
 19 with any material which has a light transmittance of less than [seventy]
 20 fifty percent. [A rear window may have a light transmittance of less
 21 than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on
 22 both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have
 23 a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such
 24 vehicle.]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08000-02-5

 S. 4572 2

 1 (d) The commissioner may test any window for a person who has been
 2 charged with violating this subdivision. Such measurements made by the
 3 commissioner, or their designee, shall be given a tolerance of plus or
 4 minus seven percent. If such window is found to be in conformity with
 5 this subdivision, a small label attesting to the conformity shall be
 6 affixed to the window tested.
 7 § 2. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 301
 8 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 444 of the laws of
 9 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 10 (a) A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes;
 11 steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
 12 to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
 13 of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure;
 14 seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; [any window which is]
 15 windows to determine whether they are composed of, covered by or treated
 16 with any material which has a light transmittance [of less than seventy
 17 percent] in violation of the percentages established pursuant to section
 18 three hundred seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and
 19 equipment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
 20 proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made w