Virginia Senate Bill 97 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-12 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Motor vehicles; improper tinting films, signs, decals, and stickers; issuing citations. Removes the provisions that prohibit a law-enforcement officer from lawfully stopping a motor vehicle for violations related to improper tinting films, signs, decals, and stickers on such motor vehicle's windows. The bill increases from 35 percent to 50 percent the minimum percentage of total light transmittance required for tinting the rear and rear side windows of any motor vehicle. The bill increases from 35 percent to 50 percent the authorized reduction of total light transmittance for tinting the rear and rear side windows of any motor vehicle and maintains exemptions for multipurpose passenger vehicles and pickup trucks.

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

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N) (Y: 6 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-12	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 8-N)
2024-01-18	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2024-01-18	Senate	Rereferred from Transportation (12-Y 0-N)
2024-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2024-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100893D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1052	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB97
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB97+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107335D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB97F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S11V0013+SB0097
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0148+SB0097