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Utah Senate debates window-tint limits as industry warns shops would be effectively barred
Summary
Senate Bill 14 sparked extended floor debate and industry testimony over whether the bill's language (visible light transmission) and meter tolerances would ban commonly sold window films. A floor amendment adjusting the numeric tolerance passed and the Senate "circled" the bill to allow a demonstration of visible differences.
Senate Bill 14, a bill to regulate allowable vehicle window darkness, drew extended floor debate on Jan. 27 as industry representatives warned that the bill's current phrasing would effectively prevent the sale of commonly installed films.
Mike Smith, introduced as representing the tinting association, told the Senate the draft shifted from regulating film to regulating "visible light transmission," which he said would mean "we could not put 35 film or 50 film on a vehicle" and would force shops to install lighter material. Smith said film is manufactured in discrete grades (for example, "70, 50, 35, 20") and argued a practical…
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