The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration has been authorized to increase vehicle emissions inspection costs from $14 to a maximum of $30 on July 1, part of a package of higher taxes and fees passed ...

Air quality scientists slammed Republican Del. Christopher Bouchat and state Sen. Justin Ready’s plans to cross-file legislation that would eliminate the Maryland Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program ...

Del. Christopher Bouchat plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 General Assembly session to eliminate Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, also known as VEIP, calling the decades-old ...

It’s not quite an annual tradition, but once a vehicle turns six years old, Maryland drivers have to take their cars to a vehicle emissions testing facility every couple of years and pay $30 for a ...

YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, ANYBODY IN MARYLAND WITH A REGISTERED VEHICLE HERE IN THE STATE EVERY TWO YEARS HAS TO GET AN EMISSIONS TEST? WELL, A MARYLAND LAWMAKER IS TRYING TO BRING AN END TO ...

A bill will be introduced in Maryland’s 2026 legislative session aiming to eliminate Maryland’s vehicle emission inspections (“Del. Bouchat seeks to end Maryland’s vehicle emissions inspection program ...

At the state’s vehicle emissions testing station in Landover, Steve, a Mini Cooper driver, pulled away from the inspection lane with good news. “Absolutely,” he said when asked whether his car had ...