Summary of New Laws Impacting Vehicle Inspection
HB 2029 Effective Immediately (May 29, 2025)
Caption: Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.
- The bill sets an annual fee for travel trailer registration and strikes the owner inspection of a travel trailer requirement as part of a travel trailer registration.
HB 5033 Effective September 1, 2025
Caption: Relating to elimination of the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.
- Eliminates the vehicle emissions inspection requirement only if specific federal legislative changes are triggered.
SB 1493 Effective September 1, 2025
Caption: Relating to lighting equipment requirements for motor vehicles.
- Amends the statute for stoplamps to comply with federal standards.
SB 1729 Effective September 1, 2025
Caption: Relating to the registration and inspection of vehicles.
- Repeals the three-year safety inspection fee for rental vehicles and amends fees.
SB 1816 Effective Immediately (June 20, 2025)
Caption: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of a miniature vehicle.
- The bill creates a definition of a miniature vehicle and requires these vehicles to meet all federal regulations, including EPA standards, to receive a title.
- Miniature vehicles will require an emissions test when applying for registration in a county with an emissions inspection requirement.