By: Bell of Kaufman, et al. H.B. No. 5033

(Senate Sponsor - Flores)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2025; May 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; May 22, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 5033 By: Flores

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of this state to implement a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2025 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.2025. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety are not required to implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or a requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to emissions inspections.

SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

(b) Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after the date:

(1) the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program established under Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer required; or

(2) of the adoption of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving states the authority to prohibit vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs or to solely regulate vehicle emissions.

(c) If an action described by Subsection (b) of this section does not occur, Section 1 of this Act has no effect.

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