Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1022: Motor vehicles; prohibit electric tinting
Status: Passed one chamber, March 25, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit electric tinting; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the use of digital license plates; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit electric tinting; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the use of digital license plates; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit electric tinting; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the use of digital license plates; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, is amended by revising Code Section 40-8-73.1, relating to tinting of windows or windshields, as follows: "40-8-73.1. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Electric tinting' means any material that uses an electric current to change the light reflectance or light transmission of a surface. Such term shall include, but is not limited to, electrochromic glass and polymer dispersed liquid crystal film. H. B. 1022 LC 63 0051 (2) 'Light reflectance' means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material. (2)(3) 'Light transmission' means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface. …
Sponsors
- Randy Robertson (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- McDonald III, Lauren (R) · primary sponsor
- John Corbett (R, 174)
- Bill Hitchens (R, 161)
- Eddie Lumsden (R, 12)
- Clinton Crowe (R, 118)
- Kimberly New (R, 40)
Latest actions
- : Senate Read Second Time
- : Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- : Senate Read and Referred
- : House Passed/Adopted
- : House Third Readers
- : House Committee Favorably Reported
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Votes
- House Vote #518 (February 17, 2026): 133 yea, 25 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1022?
- HB1022 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Motor vehicles; prohibit electric tinting.
- What does HB1022 do?
- In its own words: To amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit electric tinting; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the use of digital license plates; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB1022?
- Passed one chamber as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Senate Read Second Time (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1022?
- Randy Robertson (R, 29), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1022?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72352
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