TX HB5033

Amends the Health and Safety Code to specify that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of Public Safety are not required to implement or enforce motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program requirements

The provision eliminating mandatory emissions inspections only takes effect 30 days after one of two triggering events occurs at the federal level

Triggering event 1: Congress repeals or amends the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) so that state emissions inspection programs are no longer required

Triggering event 2: A U.S. Constitutional amendment is adopted giving states authority to prohibit vehicle emissions inspection programs or solely regulate vehicle emissions

General effective date is September 1, 2025, but the substantive provision has no effect unless federal law changes occur