# Colorado SB25-321: Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Facilities Colorado SB25-321, Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Facilities, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Junie Joseph (Democratic), Robert Rodriguez (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-06-03 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-321-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado SB25-321 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Facilities - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-29 - Last action: 2025-06-03, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Junie Joseph (Democratic), Robert Rodriguez (Democratic), Ryan Gonzalez (Republican) - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: Natural Resources & Environment, Transportation & Motor Vehicles - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (141 yes, 27 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Inspection and repair help for low-income drivers: benefit, low. Beginning in state fiscal year 2025-26, a new fund can pay required emissions inspection fees for public-assistance participants' registered vehicles. It can also cover adjustments or emissions repairs needed to pass, using qualifying registered repair providers. The fund receives the first $1 mill… - More flexible contracts for inspection providers: benefit, low. The law removes statutory limits on emissions inspection contract lengths and renewals, letting the state set those terms. Contracts still follow required rebidding procedures. Contracting authority covers enhanced inspections, inspection centers, and the clean-screen program. Bid requirements incl… - Small transfer supports state vehicle account: benefit, low. On July 1, 2026, the state treasurer must transfer $5,674 from the AIR account's available-for-appropriation subaccount. The money goes to the Colorado DRIVES Vehicle Services Account under a one-year pilot. The pilot authority expires July 1, 2027. This transfer does not provide household payments… - Extra emissions checks for high-polluting vehicles: cost, low. The Commission must require inspections for Colorado vehicles registered outside the program area when clean-screen testing finds excess emissions. This covers vehicles within their two-year inspection cycle or exempt from regular inspections. Beginning April 1, 2027, vehicles that operated in the… - State sets caps on inspection fees: mixed, low. The Air Quality Control Commission can set or adjust vehicle emissions inspection fees. Caps are $30 for model year 1981 and older vehicles and $50 total for model year 1982 and newer vehicles. Basic clean-screen inspections have a $15 limit, subject to the Commission's fee-adjustment authority and… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Junie Joseph (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Robert Rodriguez (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Ryan Gonzalez (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brianna Titone (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lesley Smith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sen. F. Winter - Cosponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-07 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 44 | 20 | | | 2025-05-06 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-321 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 8 | 3 | | | 2025-05-05 | Senate | Third reading: Amend (l.008) | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2025-05-05 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 31 | 4 | | | 2025-05-02 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-321 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-05-01 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-321, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-321 to the Committee on Finance. | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2025-06-03: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-15: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-15: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-05-06: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-05-06: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-05-05: Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations (House) - 2025-05-02: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Finance (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81926/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81922/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81927/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81925/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81923/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81924/download) - Senate Finance Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81928/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40537/download) ## Related bills - SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates (signed) - HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law (signed) - HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection (signed) - SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities (signed) - SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs (signed) - SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81926/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81922/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81927/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81925/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81923/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81924/download) - [Senate Finance Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81928/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40537/download) ## Related - [SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-279-2025A) - [HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1307-2025A) - [HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1234-2025A) - [SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-167-2025A) - [SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-163-2025A) - [SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-261-2025A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-321-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).