New Texas Law Doesn’t End All Inspections, What You Need To Know

Austin, Texas is where all of our new state laws are debated, voted on, and eventually accepted into law or rejected usually via the desk of the governor's office. Each year several new Texas laws go into effect at various points on the calendar, but January 1st seems to be when the bulk of them begin their implementation and subsequent enforcement.

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One of the newest laws for 2025 that has received quite a bit of feedback from the public is doing away with vehicle inspections, and therefore the end of "swifty stickers," across much of the Lone Star State.

New Texas Law Doesn't End All Inspections, What You Need To Know

What else do Texans need to know about new vehicle inspection law?

Just because required state inspection stickers will no longer be required to license your vehicles, does not mean you are free of all inspections across Texas. There are still several counties, including the two locally of Travis and Williamson County that will continue to require emissions testing be completed as outlined here in this KVUE article.

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Do not know the exact reason for the delay to adding Bexar county for the San Antonio metro, considering San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas, but they will be required to begin doing emission testing on November 1st of next year, 2026.

Personally, my biggest question is if we are no longer required to get vehicle inspections, why are they still collecting an additional $7.50? Is that a convenience fee for the time you save no longer having to go and get your car(s) inspected?