CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 898Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 03, 2024 An act to add Section 26713 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 898, as introduced, Skinner. Vehicle equipment: windows.Existing law provides for various safety standards requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with certain devices, including brakes, headlamps, and safety belts. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2025, require all vehicles sold in California to be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2% of ultraviolet A radiation, no more than 2% of ultraviolet B radiation, and no more than 10% of infrared radiation of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26713 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 898Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 03, 2024 An act to add Section 26713 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 898, as introduced, Skinner. Vehicle equipment: windows.Existing law provides for various safety standards requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with certain devices, including brakes, headlamps, and safety belts. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2025, require all vehicles sold in California to be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2% of ultraviolet A radiation, no more than 2% of ultraviolet B radiation, and no more than 10% of infrared radiation of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 898
Introduced by Senator SkinnerJanuary 03, 2024
Introduced by Senator Skinner
January 03, 2024
An act to add Section 26713 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 898, as introduced, Skinner. Vehicle equipment: windows.
Existing law provides for various safety standards requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with certain devices, including brakes, headlamps, and safety belts. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2025, require all vehicles sold in California to be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2% of ultraviolet A radiation, no more than 2% of ultraviolet B radiation, and no more than 10% of infrared radiation of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law provides for various safety standards requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with certain devices, including brakes, headlamps, and safety belts. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.
This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2025, require all vehicles sold in California to be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2% of ultraviolet A radiation, no more than 2% of ultraviolet B radiation, and no more than 10% of infrared radiation of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26713 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 26713 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
SECTION 1. Section 26713 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
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26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
26713. (a) All vehicles sold in California shall be equipped with a side window, windshield, back window, and sunroof that allow no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet A radiation (315 nanometers to 400 nanometers), no more than 2 percent of ultraviolet B radiation (280 nanometers to 315 nanometers), and no more than 10 percent of infrared radiation (780 nanometers to 1 millimeters) of the incident solar radiation into the vehicle, at any sun angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to the surface of the glass.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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