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HB1178 Relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.

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Relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

Bill was killed. No change to existing tinting rules or associated costs.

5
🏘️

Your Community

Current window tinting standards remain, balancing personal preference with officer safety.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

Status quo maintained on vehicle modification rules.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 204-143 03/12/2026 House Journal 8

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Joseph Barton (R)

The Short Version

Would have changed window tinting rules for motor vehicles. Killed 204-143 (ITL). Current window tint regulations remain in place, which balance driver privacy preferences against law enforcement safety concerns during traffic stops.

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Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 133 for , 55 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 10 for , 149 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-03-12
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

55R + 149D
Voted to Kill the Bill (204)
133R + 10D
Voted to Keep It Alive (143)
23
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (204)

Republicans (55)
Democrats (149)

Voted Nay (143)

Republicans (133)
Democrats (10)
Absent (23)

Dale Swanson (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Thomas Buco (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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