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Missouri committee hears bills to eliminate passenger-vehicle safety inspections
Summary
Committee members and witnesses debated bills that would remove safety-inspection requirements for noncommercial vehicles and eliminate personal-vehicle inspections; supporters cited paperwork and convenience, opponents and insurers cited road safety research and enforcement gaps.
Representative Anne Kelly (R) and Representative Jeff Farnon (R) presented companion bills — House Bill 334 and House Bill 1069 — that would roll back Missouris vehicle inspection requirements for most personal vehicles.
Kelly told the House Committee on Government Efficiency the bills would: remove inspection requirements for noncommercial vehicles; allow the Department of Revenue to remove a first-offense expired-registration mark from a driving record if the registration is rectified within 30 days; and, beginning in 2026, permit the department to offer three-year, five-year and lifetime registrations. Farnon said HB 1069 would "completely do away with personal…
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