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 by the 2032 model year, require every new truck tractor, motortruck, and bus manufactured or sold in the state to have the front driver window filtered so that allow
no more than 2% of ultraviolet A radiation, radiation and no more than 2% of ultraviolet B radiation, and no more than 10% of infrared radiation radiation of the incident solar radiation is allowed into the vehicle, as specified. The bill would prohibit the material used to limit these radiations from interfering with wireless service or GPS, as defined. 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.