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Delaware enacts 50% front-side tint provision
The August 17 law is already effective. Its material-based wording and an older posted regulation deserve a close read.
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New York’s 50% tint bill passed both chambers; enactment not established
The official bill record checked October 14 did not establish enactment.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Iowa’s 2026 act set a 50% front-side window threshold
HF 766 was signed May 15 and took effect July 1.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Minnesota’s 2026 tint amendment expressly included optometrists
The clarification applied retroactively to prescriptions issued from July 1, 2025.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date New Hampshire House rejected a 35% front-window tint proposal in March 2026
HB 1178’s proposed January 2027 start date never became an effective date through that bill.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Maryland’s 2026 tint proposal sought out-of-state medical certifications
HB 1507 proposed broader physician eligibility and indefinite certificates but has no recorded enactment.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date North Carolina removed tint checks from safety inspections in December 2025
The change also removed the extra inspection fee and added a traffic-stop requirement.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Hawaii’s 2025 tint law expanded rear-window exemptions and added traffic-stop duties
Act 129 kept front-glass requirements while changing rear-window treatment and driver obligations.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Maryland made permanent-condition tint certifications indefinite in 2025
A narrowly defined medical-exemption change took effect October 1, 2025.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date New York’s A4026 proposed quarterly tint-enforcement sweeps
The 2025 proposal remained in Assembly committee when checked in October 2026.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date A Pennsylvania tint-inspection proposal remained at committee in 2024
HB 2501 paired meter checks with proposed installer-disclosure consequences.
Laws & enforcementHistorical briefing
Source date Louisiana extended its enforcement-vehicle tint exemption to wildlife operations in 2024
Act 268 removed a specific exclusion for Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement vehicles.