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*hb1432*
HOUSE BILL 1432
R6, R4 6lr2643
By: Delegate Conaway
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Motor Vehicles – Vehicles Previously Registered as Historic Vehicles – 2
Emissions Inspection and Insurance 3
FOR the purpose of authorizing motor vehicles that are registered in the State and were 4
previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles to be insured by certain specialty 5
insurance policies; exempting motor vehicles that are registered in the State and 6
were previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles from the Vehicle Emissions 7
Inspection Program; establishing a certain recurring fee on motor vehicles registered 8
in the State that were previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles and that 9
are exempt from the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program ; and generally relating 10
to motor vehicles previously registered as Class L (historic) vehicles. 11
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
Article – Transportation 13
Section 3–216(a) and (b) and 23–202(a) and (b) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16
BY adding to 17
Article – Transportation 18
Section 13–936.3, 23–205.1, and 23–206.3 19
Annotated Code of Maryland 20
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 21
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
Article – Transportation 24
3–216. 25
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(a) There is a Transportation Trust Fund for the Department. 1
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, there shall be credited to 2
the Transportation Trust Fund for the account of the Department all taxes, fees , charges, 3
and revenues collected or received by or paid, appropriated, or credited to the account of 4
the Department or any of its units in the exercise of their rights, powers, duties, or 5
obligations, including the cash proceeds of the sale of consolidate d transportation bonds, 6
notes, or other evidences of obligation issued by the Department, any General Fund 7
appropriations, and the proceeds of any State loan or federal grant made for transportation 8
purposes. 9
13–936.3. 10
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A MOTOR VEHICLE OF A 11
MODEL YEAR OF 2000 OR LATER THAT IS REGISTERED IN THE STATE AND WAS 12
PREVIOUSLY REGISTERE D UNDER § 13–936 OF THIS SUBTITLE AS A CLASS L 13
(HISTORIC) VEHICLE MAY BE INSURED BY A HIST ORIC VEHICLE, A SHOW VEHICLE, 14
OR AN ANTIQUE VEHICLE INSURANCE POLICY. 15
23–202. 16
(a) (1) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Administration and the 17
Secretary shall establish an emissions control program in the State in accordance with the 18
federal Clean Air Act. 19
(2) The program shall remain in effect only as long as required by federal 20
law. 21
(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the emissions control 22
program shall provide for a biennial exhaust emissions test and emissions equipment and 23
misfueling inspection for all vehicles of the 1977 model year and each model year thereafter. 24
(2) The emissions control program may not authorize an exhaust emissions 25
test or emissions equipment and misfueling inspection for any vehicle of a model year 26
earlier than the 1977 model year. 27
(3) (i) In this paragraph, “qualified hybrid vehicle” means an 28
automobile that: 29
1. Meets all applicable regulatory requirements; 30
2. Meets the current vehicle exhaust standard set under the 31
federal Tier 2 program for gasoline–powered passenger cars under 40 C.F.R. Part 80 et seq.; 32
and 33
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3. Can draw propulsion energy from both of the following 1
sources of stored energy: 2
A. Gasoline or diesel fuel; and 3
B. A rechargeable energy storage system. 4
(ii) A qualified hybrid vehicle is not required to submit to a first 5
exhaust emissions test and emissions equipment and misfueling inspection until 3 years 6
after the date on which the vehicle was first registered in the State. 7
23–205.1. 8
THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ESTABLISH A FEE OF $30 TO BE COLLECTED 9
ONCE EVERY 2 YEARS ON EACH MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE STATE THAT 10
WAS PREVIOUSLY REGIS TERED UNDER § 13–936 OF THIS ARTICLE AS A CLASS L 11
(HISTORIC) VEHICLE AND IS EXEMPT FROM MANDA TORY INSPECTIONS UND ER § 12
23–206.3 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 13
23–206.3. 14
A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A MODEL YEAR OF 2000 OR LATER THAT IS 15
REGISTERED IN THE STATE AND WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED UNDER § 13–936 OF 16
THIS ARTICLE AS A CLASS L (HISTORIC) VEHICLE IS EXEMPT FROM THE MANDATORY 17
INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBTITLE. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2026. 20