Window tinting exceptions for police vehicles modified.

A bill for an act

relating to motor vehicles; modifying certain window tinting exceptions for police

vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 169.71,

subdivision 4a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 169.71, subdivision 4a, is amended

to read:

Subd. 4a.

Glazing material; exceptions.

(a) Subdivision 4 does not apply to glazing

materials that:

(1) have not been modified since the original installation, nor to original replacement

windows and windshields, that were originally installed or replaced in conformity with

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205;

(2) are required to satisfy prescription or medical needs, provided:

(i) the vehicle's driver or a passenger possesses a prescription or a physician's statement

of medical need;

(ii) the prescription specifically states whether the medical need is a temporary or

permanent condition;

(iii) the prescription or statement specifically states the minimum percentage that light

transmittance may be reduced to satisfy the prescription or medical needs of the patient;

and

(iv) the prescription or statement contains an expiration date provided by the physician,

which must be no more than two years after the date the prescription or statement was issued,

unless an indication is made by the physician that the driver's condition is permanent and

no expiration date is appropriate; or

(3) are applied to:

(i) the rear windows of a pickup truck as defined in section
168.002, subdivision 26
;

(ii) the rear windows or the side windows on either side behind the driver's seat of a van

as defined in section
168.002, subdivision 40
;

(iii) the side and rear windows of a vehicle used to transport human remains by a funeral

establishment holding a license under section
149A.50
;

(iv) the side and rear windows of a limousine as defined in section
168.002, subdivision

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; or

(v) the rear and side windows
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on either side behind the driver's seat
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of a
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police
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vehicle
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regularly used to conduct law enforcement activities
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.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), clause (2), a driver of a vehicle may rely on a

prescription or physician's statement of medical need issued to a person not present in the

vehicle if:

(1) the prescription or physician's statement of medical need is issued to (i) the driver's

parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or spouse, or (ii) a person for whom the

driver is a personal care attendant;

(2) the prescription or physician's statement of medical need specifies the make, model,

and license plate of one or two vehicles that will have tinted windows; and

(3) the driver is in possession of the prescription or physician's statement of medical

need.