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A4673
ASSEMBLY, No. 4673
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman� AURA K. DUNN
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
���� Concerns windshield and window tint requirements for
motor vehicles; requires motor vehicle windshield and window tint inspection.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
concerning the tint of motor vehicle windshields
and windows and amending various sections of the Revised Statutes.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� R.S.39:3-74 is amended
to read as follows:
���� 39:3-74.� Every motor vehicle
having a windshield shall be equipped with at least one device in good working
order for cleaning rain, snow
,
or other moisture from the windshield so
as to provide clear vision for the driver,
[
and
all such
]
which device or
devices shall be so constructed and installed as to be
operated or controlled by the driver.
���� No person shall drive any
motor vehicle with any sign, poster, sticker
,
or other non-transparent
material upon the front windshield, wings, deflectors, side shields, corner
lights adjoining windshield
,
or front side windows of
[
such
]
the
vehicle
,
other than a certificate or other article required to be so
displayed by statute or by regulations of the
[
commissioner
]
chief
administrator
.
���� No person shall drive any
vehicle so constructed, equipped
,
or loaded as to unduly interfere with
the driver's vision to the front and to the sides.
����
No person shall drive a
motor vehicle with tinted material on the windshield or the front side windows
to the left and right of the driver, except as applied to the top six inches of
the windshield or above the AS-1 marking on the windshield or as authorized
pursuant to P.L.1999, c.308 (C.39:3-75.1 et seq.).
(cf: R.S.39:3-74)
���� 2.��� R.S.39:8-1 is amended to
read as follows:
���� 39:8-1. �a.� Every motor
vehicle registered in this State which is used over any public road, street, or
highway or any public or quasi-public property in this State, and every vehicle
subject to enhanced inspection and maintenance programs pursuant to 40 C.F.R.
s.51.356, except motorcycles, historic motor vehicles registered as such,
collector motor vehicles designated as such pursuant to this subsection, and
[
those
]
vehicles
with
a gross weight of
over 8,500 pounds
[
gross
weight
]
that are under the inspection jurisdiction of the commission pursuant to Titles
27 and 48 of the Revised Statutes, shall be inspected by designated inspectors
or at official inspection facilities to be designated by the commission or at
licensed private inspection facilities.� Passenger automobiles registered in
accordance with R.S.39:3-4 or R.S.39:3-27 and noncommercial trucks registered
in accordance with section 2 of P.L.1968, c.439 (C.39:3-8.1) or R.S.39:3-27
inspected pursuant to this section shall only be inspected for
compliance with
the motor vehicle window tint requirements, pursuant to R.S.39:3-74, and for
emissions and emission-related items
,
such as emission control equipment
and on-board diagnostics.� The commission shall adopt rules and regulations
establishing a procedure for
[
the
designation of
]
designating
motor vehicles as collector motor vehicles, which
[
designation
]
procedure
shall include consideration by the commission of one or more of the following
factors:� the age of the vehicle, the number of such vehicles originally
manufactured, the number of such vehicles that are currently in use, the total
number of miles the vehicle has been driven, the number of miles the vehicle
has been driven during the previous year or other period of time determined by
the commission, and whether the vehicle has a collector classification for
insurance purposes.
���� b.��� The commission shall
determine the official inspection facility or private inspection facility at
which a motor vehicle, depending upon its characteristics, shall be inspected.�
The commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Environmental Protection,
may exclude by regulation from this inspection requirement any category of
motor vehicle if good cause for such exclusion exists, unless the exclusion is
likely to prevent this State from meeting the applicable performance standard
established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.� The
commission may determine that a vehicle is in compliance with the inspection
requirements of this section if the vehicle has been inspected and passed under
a similar inspection program of another state, district, or territory of the
United States.
(cf: P.L.2010, c.29, s.1)
���� 3.��� R.S.39:8-3 is amended to
read as follows:
���� 39:8-3.� a.� No
[
certificate of
approval shall be issued by an
]
examiner, official inspection facility
,
or private inspection facility
shall
issue a certificate of approval for a motor vehicle
until
:
����
(1)
�� the motor vehicle
inspected successfully passes inspections for
:
�
����
(a)
�� emissions and
emission-related items
,
such as emission control equipment and on-board
diagnostics required by the chief administrator
;
and
����
(b)�� compliance with the
motor vehicle window tint requirements pursuant to R.S.39:3-74; and
����
(2)
�� the mechanism,
brakes
,
and equipment of the motor vehicle inspected have been found to
be in a proper and safe condition and
[
complying
]
in
compliance
with the laws of this State.
���� b.��� Notwithstanding
subsection a. of this section, passenger automobiles registered in accordance
with R.S.39:3-4 or R.S.39:3-27 and noncommercial trucks registered in
accordance with section 2 of P.L.1968, c.439 (C.39:3-8.1) or R.S.39:3-27 that
are only inspected for
compliance with the motor vehicle window tint
requirements, pursuant to R.S.39:3-74, and for
emissions and
emission-related items
,
such as emission control equipment and on-board
diagnostics
,
pursuant to R.S.39:8-1
,
and that successfully pass
[
such
]
these
inspections shall be issued a certificate of approval.
���� c.���� Notwithstanding the
issuance or non-issuance of a certificate of approval, the obligation to ensure
that a vehicle is in a proper and safe condition rests with the owner, operator
,
or lessee, as appropriate, of the vehicle.
(cf: P.L.2010, c.29, s.3)
���� 4.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill prohibits a person
from driving a motor vehicle with tinted material on the windshield or the
front side windows to the left and right of the driver, except as applied to
the top six inches of the windshield or above the AS-1 marking on the
windshield or as authorized by State law.
���� The bill requires the
windshield and front side windows of passenger automobiles and noncommercial
trucks to be inspected for statutorily permissible window tint, in addition to
the existing inspection requirements under State law.� Under the bill, a
certificate of approval is only to be issued to passenger automobiles and
noncommercial trucks that successfully pass the inspection.
���� Under current law, a
certificate of approval may be issued to a passenger automobile or a
noncommercial truck if:� (1) the vehicle passes an inspection for emissions and
emission-related items; and (2) the vehicle�s mechanism, brakes, and equipment
are found to be in safe and proper condition and in compliance with State law.