Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon SB19: Relating to vehicle emissions testing exemptions.
Status: Chaptered, March 17, 2026
Digest: The Act says that cars and engines that are less than six years old do not need to go to have an emissions test done. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.9). Modifies vehicle emissions testing exemptions to include motor vehicles and engines with model years that predate the current year by less than six years.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to vehicle emissions testing exemptions; amending ORS 815.300.
From the introduced text, January 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to vehicle emissions testing exemptions; amending ORS 815.300. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 815.300 is amended to read: 815.300. This section establishes exemptions from the requirements under ORS 815.295 to be equipped with a certified pollution control system. Exemptions established by this section are in addition to any exemptions established by ORS 801.026. The exemptions established in this section are also applicable to requirements for certification of pollution control equipment before registration under ORS 803.350 and 803.465. All of the following vehicles are exempt from the requirements under ORS 815.295: (1) Any vehicle that is not a motor vehicle. (2) Any vehicle unless the vehicle is registered within: (a) The boundaries of the metropolitan service district formed under ORS chapter 268 for the metropolitan area, as defined in ORS 268.020, which includes the City of Portland, Oregon. (b) Boundaries designated by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 468A.390. (3) Any [new] motor vehicle or [new] motor vehicle engine [when the registration results from the initial retail sale thereof] with a model year that predates the current year by less than six years. (4) Any motor vehicle: (a) Not registered in areas designated under subsection (2)(a) of this section, including any expansion of such boundary under …
Sponsors
- Lona Thatcher (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Suzanne Weber (R, 16)
- Edwin Diehl (R, 17)
- Barbara Levy (R, 58)
Latest actions
- : Chapter 5, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed.
- : Carried over to 02-25 by unanimous consent.
- : Second reading.
- : Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- : Work Session held.
- : Public Hearing held.
Subjects: Energy and Environment
Common questions
- What is SB19?
- SB19 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to vehicle emissions testing exemptions.
- What does SB19 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to vehicle emissions testing exemptions; amending ORS 815.300.
- What is the status of SB19?
- Chaptered as of March 17, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 5, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. (March 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB19?
- Lona Thatcher (R, 11), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB19?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/19
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