Texas Inspections In 2025. But in urban counties across texas, emissions tests are still. As of january 1, 2025, significant changes to texas’s vehicle safety inspection program have taken effect, impacting vehicle owners statewide.

One new law passed by the texas legislature will eliminate most vehicle safety inspections, the other affects car dealers and how they register the sale of vehicles. 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.