HB 1178 — relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 204-143 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 72
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 01, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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4 sponsors
1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 1 recorded vote so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 204-143 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 72
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Ought to Pass: MF DV 158-187 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 72
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Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/03/2026 (Vote 10-10; RC) HC 10 P. 74
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Executive Session: 03/03/2026 11:00 am GP 234
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Public Hearing: 02/17/2026 11:20 am GP 234
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Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 9
Sponsors
- James Thibault · Cosponsor
- Alice Wade · Cosponsor
- Joseph Barton · Primary
- Samuel Farrington · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 411 not signed on · 134 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Joseph Barton Republican Voted No
Co-sponsors (3)
- James Thibault Republican Voted No
- Alice Wade Democrat Voted No
- Samuel Farrington Republican Voted No
Not signed on (411)
411 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 411 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 54 | 126 | 0 | 25 |
| Democrat | 141 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 198 | 141 | 0 | 42 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 37% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (381)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Susan C DeLemus | — | Nay |
| Thomas L Kaczynski | — | Yea |
| Kimberly A Rice | — | Not Voting |
| Lisa M Freeman | — | Nay |
| Paul P Dargie | — | Yea |
| Patrick N Long | — | Yea |
| Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière | — | Nay |
| Gary L. Daniels | — | Nay |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Nay |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Malone | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Democrat | Yea |
| Carrie Sorensen | Democrat | Yea |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Dan Bergeron | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Yea |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Yea |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Yea |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Nay |
| David Paige | Democrat | Yea |
| David Preece | Democrat | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Yea |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Yea |
| Erica de Vries | Democrat | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Democrat | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Gilmore | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Democrat | Yea |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Not Voting |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Democrat | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Yea |
| James Gruber | Democrat | Yea |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Newsom | Democrat | Yea |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Yea |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Democrat | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Democrat | Yea |
| John Stone | Democrat | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Nay |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | Democrat | Yea |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Yea |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Nay |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Democrat | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Democrat | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Yea |
| Myles England | Democrat | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Democrat | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Democrat | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Democrat | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Democrat | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Grund | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Democrat | Yea |
| Terri O'Rorke | Democrat | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Democrat | Yea |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Yea |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Democrat | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Democrat | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Democrat | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Yea |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Yea |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Adam Presa | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alvin See | Republican | Yea |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Nay |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Nay |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Ohm | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Labrie | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Nadeau | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Morse | Republican | Not Voting |
| Calvin Beaulier | Republican | Nay |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Nay |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Nay |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Nay |
| Cindy Bennett | Republican | Nay |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Nay |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Republican | Nay |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Nay |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Nay |
| Darrell Louis | Republican | Nay |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| David Milz | Republican | Nay |
| David Walker | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Nay |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Not Voting |
| Denis Murphy | Republican | Yea |
| Denise DeDe-Poulin | Republican | Nay |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Nay |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Nay |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dillon Dumont | Republican | Nay |
| Donald McFarlane | Republican | Not Voting |
| Donald Selby | Republican | Nay |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Nay |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | Republican | Nay |
| George Grant | Republican | Nay |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Aldrich | Republican | Nay |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Nay |
| Henry Giasson | Republican | Nay |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Flanagan | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Nay |
| James Guzofski | Republican | Nay |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Not Voting |
| James Summers | Republican | Nay |
| James Thibault | Republican | Nay |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Nay |
| Jay Markell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy Slottje | Republican | Nay |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Nay |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Nay |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Nay |
| John Hunt | Republican | Yea |
| John Janigian | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Nay |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Schneller | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Nay |
| John Suiter | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Sytek | Republican | Nay |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Nay |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Barton | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Hamblen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Nay |
| Julie Miles | Republican | Nay |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Nay |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Nay |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Nay |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Kathleen Paquette | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Nay |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Nay |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Nay |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Nay |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Scully | Republican | Nay |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Nay |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Nay |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Nay |
| Laurence Miner | Republican | Nay |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Nay |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Nay |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Nay |
| Linda Franz | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Yea |
| Linda McGrath | Republican | Nay |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Nay |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Nay |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Nay |
| Liz Barbour | Republican | Nay |
| Lori Korzen | Republican | Nay |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Marc Tremblay | Republican | Nay |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Marie Louise Bjelobrk | Republican | Nay |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Warden | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mary Murphy | Republican | Nay |
| Matt Drew | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Pitaro | Republican | Nay |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Nay |
| Melissa Litchfield | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Aron | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Bridle | Republican | Nay |
| Pam Brown | Republican | Nay |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Nay |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Nay |
| Pete Morency | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Mehegan | Republican | Nay |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Nay |
| Pierre Dupont | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond Peeples | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond Plante | Republican | Nay |
| Rich Nalevanko | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Nay |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Ricky Devoid | Republican | Nay |
| Rita Mattson | Republican | Nay |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Nay |
| Robley Hall | Republican | Nay |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Nay |
| Ross Berry | Republican | Nay |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Not Voting |
| Samuel Farrington | Republican | Nay |
| Sayra DeVito | Republican | Nay |
| Scott Bryer | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Nay |
| Seth King | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Nay |
| Sheri Minor | Republican | Nay |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Sherri Reinfurt | Republican | Nay |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Sly Karasinski | Republican | Nay |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Nay |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Nay |
| Steven Kesselring | Republican | Nay |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan DeRoy | Republican | Nay |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Nay |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Nay |
| Tim Mannion | Republican | Nay |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Nay |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Nay |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Toner | Republican | Nay |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Nay |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Nay |
| Vicki Wilson | Republican | Nay |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Hemingway | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Nay |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 1178 do?
- relative to permissible window tinting on motor vehicles.
- Who sponsors HB 1178?
- HB 1178 is sponsored by James Thibault (Republican), Alice Wade (Democrat), Joseph Barton (Republican), and Samuel Farrington (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 1178?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced December 01, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
- Where can I track HB 1178?
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