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SS1FORSB255 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

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Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.
  • Currently, window tint or other material placed on the front side windows of a motor vehicle must have a visible light transmission of 70% or greater unless the vehicle’s owner has a statement signed by a licensed practitioner of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or optometry verifying that tinted windows are medically necessary.
  • Currently, there is not a visible light transmission requirement for the side windows behind the driver or the rear window.
  • This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT

  2. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-04 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

  4. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  5. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  6. 2026-05-07 Delaware General Assembly

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 255, and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS.
Currently, window tint or other material placed on the front side windows of a motor vehicle must have a visible light transmission of 70% or greater unless the vehicle’s owner has a statement signed by a licensed practitioner of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or optometry verifying that tinted windows are medically necessary. Currently, there is not a visible light transmission requirement for the side windows behind the driver or the rear window.

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 255. Like Senate Bill No. 255, this Act does all of the following:
(1) Changes the visible light transmission requirement for window tint or other material placed on the front side windows.
(2) Clarifies that there is not a visible light transmission requirement for the side windows behind the driver or the rear window.
(3) Clarifies the exception for vehicles operated by a law-enforcement officer by exempting these vehicles from this law.

This Act differs from Senate Bill N