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Senate approves exemption so permanent medical window-tint prescriptions need not be renewed every two years
Summary
Senate File 1075 exempts drivers with a permanent medical prescription for window tint from the statute requiring two-year renewals. Sponsors cited a constituent who waited six months for a specialist appointment; the bill was approved on the Senate floor.
The Minnesota Senate approved Senate File 1075 to exempt individuals with a permanent medical prescription for window tint from the statutory two-year renewal requirement.
Senator Howe, speaking as sponsor, described a constituent case: "In 2021, Patty Sutherland suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall. She was given a prescription for window tint, and as required by statute at the time, it said it was good for a lifetime," Howe said on the floor. Howe said the 2008 statutory amendment…
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