Cars registered in Texas after 2025 will no longer need to pass a safety inspection
- vkorobko1
- May 31, 2023
- 1 min read
Most Texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers removed the rule from Texas code.
Texas is one of 13 states that mandate annual inspections for cars. That will change in about 18 months now that the Texas Legislature has given final approval to House Bill 3297.
Supporters of the bill called the safety inspections time consuming and inconvenient. Opponents of the bill say it could set Texas drivers, and future Texans, on a dangerous path.
“The majority of our business is centered around making sure people’s vehicles are safe,” Charissa Barnes, owner of the Official Inspection Station in San Antonio, told lawmakers earlier this year. “We need to make sure that their cars, the people joining us in Texas, are safe.”
