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HB1838 • 2026

Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle safety inspections

Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle safety inspections

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kelley, Ann (127)
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
03/30/2026 - SCS Voted Do Pass (S)
Effective date
2027-01-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about changes to inspection frequency, vehicle types affected, or who can perform inspections. These points were removed as they are not supported by the provided information.

Changes to Car Safety Checks

This bill modifies rules about car safety inspections in Missouri.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates the requirements for motor vehicle safety inspections.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Car owners in Missouri
  • Businesses that do car safety inspections

Terms To Know

Motor vehicle safety inspection
A check to make sure a car is safe and meets certain standards.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify all the details of how inspections will change.
  • It's unclear exactly which types of vehicles are affected by these changes.
  • The full impact on car owners and inspection businesses is not clear yet.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

4294H02.02H

4294H02.02H • Bromley

Distributed

Plain English: The amendment adds new requirements for motor vehicle registration plates, including special plates for disabled veterans and National Guard members, uniform numbering systems, and additional fees for extra license plates.

  • Adds provisions for special license plates with 'DISABLED VETERAN' or 'NATIONAL GUARD' wording in place of the state name on certain types of plates.
  • Specifies that commercial vehicles over 12,000 pounds can request and be issued two license plates if they pay an additional fee.
  • Establishes requirements for how license plates must be displayed on different types of vehicles.
  • The text is incomplete at the end, so some details about permanent nonexpiring license plates are not fully explained.
4294H02.04H

4294H02.04H • Christensen

Distributed

Plain English: The amendment adds exceptions for certain types of vehicles to be exempt from motor vehicle safety inspections.

  • Adds recreational motor vehicles as an exception to safety inspections.
  • Exempts motor vehicles that weigh less than twenty-six thousand one pounds and do not have apportioned plates from safety inspections.
  • The amendment does not specify what 'apportioned plates' means, which could be unclear for some readers.
4294H02.11H

4294H02.11H • Kelley

Distributed

Plain English: The amendment modifies motor vehicle safety inspection requirements by allowing licensed dealers to complete inspection forms for certain vehicles under specific conditions.

  • Licensed new or used motor vehicle dealers who have sold at least two hundred vehicles in the previous calendar year can now complete inspection forms for vehicles with less than thirty thousand miles within three years of manufacture, or for vehicles intended to be registered out-of-state.
  • Dealers must submit completed inspection forms to the Department of Revenue and face disciplinary action if they provide incorrect information.
  • The full extent of changes to safety inspections and emissions requirements is not fully detailed in this excerpt, as it appears incomplete.
HA 1

4294H02.12H • Christensen

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes who needs to get their vehicles inspected in Missouri.

  • Removes certain exemptions for motor vehicles from needing safety inspections, such as those with less than 150,000 miles and historic vehicles.
  • Requires all registered vehicles to undergo regular safety inspections.
  • The exact details of the new inspection requirements are not specified in this amendment text.
4294H02.14H

4294H02.14H • Burton

Distributed

Plain English: The amendment adds new requirements for motor vehicle safety inspections, including posting signs at official inspection stations and setting fees for inspections.

  • Adds a requirement that each official inspection station must display an official sign provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol to designate it as an official inspection station.
  • Specifies that official inspection stations can obtain additional signs for a fee equal to the cost to the state, and they must also post informational posters about required repairs or corrections.
  • Increases the maximum fees that official inspection stations may charge for vehicle inspections from $12 to $25 and for trailer or motorcycle inspections from $10 to $20.
  • Requires that owners be given a list of defects found during an inspection, along with a receipt for the fee paid.
  • The amendment text is truncated at the end, so some details about funding and fees might not be fully explained.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Held (S)

  2. 2026-03-30 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    SCS Voted Do Pass (S)

  3. 2026-03-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Held (S)

  4. 2026-02-26 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Second read and referred: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety(S)

  5. 2026-02-26 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, March 2, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor

  6. 2026-02-17 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)

  7. 2026-02-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  8. 2026-02-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (H)

  9. 2026-02-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 4 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0

  10. 2026-02-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Taken Up for Third Reading (H)

  11. 2026-02-16 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 104 NOES: 43 PRESENT: 5

  12. 2026-02-11 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

  13. 2026-02-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Taken Up for Perfection (H)

  14. 2026-02-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Title of Bill - Agreed To

  15. 2026-02-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    HCS Adopted (H)

  16. 2026-02-10 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, adopted

  17. 2026-02-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  18. 2026-02-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  19. 2026-02-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass (H)

  20. 2026-02-02 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0

  21. 2026-01-29 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

  22. 2026-01-28 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 5 PRESENT: 1

  23. 2026-01-22 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Executive Session Completed (H)

  24. 2026-01-22 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

  25. 2026-01-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Public Hearing Completed (H)

  26. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  27. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Government Efficiency(H)

  28. 2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read First Time (H)

  29. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicle safety inspections

Current Bill Text

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UNOFFICIAL COPY
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
103rd General Assembly
State of Missouri - House of Representatives
HBs FOR THIRD READING
HCS HBS 1838, 1692, 1695, 1983, 2036, 2662 & 2743
KELLEY (127)
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS
4294H.02P
2/16/2026Date :Session Day : 21
Roll Call : 2
Y - ALLEN Y - DURNELL Y - LEWIS Y - SEITZ
Y - AMATO P - EALY Y - LOY Y - SELF
N - ANDERSON Y - ELLIOTT Y - LUCAS N - SHARP 37
N - APPELBAUM Y - FALKNER Y - MACKEY Y - SHARPE 4
N - AUNE Y - FARNAN N - MANSUR @ - SHIELDS
Y - BANDERMAN N - FOGLE N - MARTIN Y - SIMMONS
N - BARNES P - FOUNTAIN HENDERS Y - MATTHIESEN N - SMITH 46
Y - BILLINGTON Y - FOWLER Y - MAYHEW N - SMITH 68
Y - BLACK N - FUCHS Y - MCGAUGH P - SMITH 74
@ - BOGGS Y - GALLICK Y - MCGIRL N - STEINHOFF
N - BOSLEY Y - GRAGG Y - MEIRATH P - STEINMETZ
N - BOYKIN Y - GRIFFITH Y - MILLER Y - STEINMEYER
N - BOYKO N - HADEN @ - MOSLEY Y - STINNETT
Y - BROMLEY N - HALES Y - MURPHY N - STRICKLER
Y - BROWN Y - HALEY N - MURRAY Y - TAYLOR 48
N - BURTON Y - HARBISON P - MYERS N - TAYLOR 84
N - BUSH Y - HARDWICK Y - NOLTE Y - TERRY
Y - BUSICK Y - HAUSMAN Y - OEHLERKING N - THOMAS
N - BUTZ N - HEIN Y - OVERCAST Y - THOMPSON
Y - BYRNES Y - HEWKIN Y - OWEN Y - TITUS
Y - CASTEEL Y - HINMAN Y - PARKER Y - VANSCHOIACK
Y - CATON Y - HOVIS Y - PERKINS Y - VEIT
Y - CHAPPELL Y - HRUZA Y - PETERS Y - VERNETTI
Y - CHRIST Y - HURLBERT Y - PHELPS Y - VIOLET
Y - CHRISTENSEN N - INGLE N - PLANK Y - VOSS
N - CLEMENS Y - IRWIN Y - POLLITT N - WALSH MOORE
Y - COLEMAN N - JACOBS Y - POUCHE Y - WARWICK
Y - COLLINS N - JAMISON N - PRICE N - WEBER
Y - COOK Y - JOBE N - PROUDIE Y - WELLENKAMP
Y - COSTLOW N - JOHNSON @ - REED Y - WEST
N - CROSSLEY Y - JONES 12 Y - REEDY Y - WHALEY
Y - CUPPS Y - JONES 88 Y - REUTER Y - WILLIAMS
Y - DAVIDSON Y - JORDAN Y - RIGGS Y - WILSON
Y - DAVIS Y - JUSTUS Y - RILEY Y - WOLFIN
N - DEAN Y - KALBERLOH Y - ROBERTS N - WOODS
Y - DEATON @ - KEATHLEY @ - RUSH Y - WRIGHT
Y - DIEHL Y - KELLEY Y - SASSMANN N - YOUNG
Y - DOLAN N - KIMBLE Y - SCHMIDT N - ZIMMERMANN
N - DOLL Y - KNIGHT Y - SCHULTE Y - MR SPEAKER
N - DOUGLAS Y - LAUBINGER
Total Yes : 104 Total Present : 5
Total No : 43 Total Absent : 6
Vacancies : 5