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The bill increases consumer and industry freedom by removing federal vehicle-emissions requirements and clearing past penalties, but it likely raises air pollution and environmental harm and shifts health and fiscal costs onto communities, states, and taxpayers.
Manufacturers, importers, distributors, and aftermarket businesses face reduced federal compliance costs because federal emissions-installation, certification, and maintenance requirements are removed, lowering regulatory burden and potentially reducing product costs.
Vehicle owners and buyers (including small-business owners) can legally purchase, modify, or use vehicles without federal penalties for removing or lacking emissions controls or onboard diagnostic systems, expanding consumer choice and repair/modification freedom.
People previously convicted or held liable under federal emissions-device rules will have related imprisonment penalties vacated and records of prior criminal or civil liability expunged, improving employment and licensing prospects and reducing collateral consequences for those individuals.
Urban and rural communities are likely to experience increased air pollution from vehicles without federal emissions requirements, worsening respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes and public-health burdens.
Nullifying federal emissions standards undermines national efforts under the Clean Air Act and could increase greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions, weakening environmental protection and climate mitigation goals.
States and localities may incur higher health-care costs and regulatory burdens to address increased pollution, effectively shifting public-health and cleanup costs onto taxpayers and local governments.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits federal requirements or enforcement for vehicle emissions-control devices and OBD systems, voids related federal rules, removes federal penalties, and orders expungement of past federal penalties.
Introduced March 25, 2026 by Mike Collins · Last progress March 25, 2026
Prohibits the federal government from requiring, enforcing, or penalizing manufacturers, sellers, importers, owners, or users of motor vehicles or engines for lacking emissions control devices or onboard diagnostic (OBD) systems. It eliminates federal civil and criminal liability tied to those device requirements, nullifies existing federal regulations on the topic, and directs that past federal criminal imprisonment penalties be vacated and related records expunged. The measure directly removes EPA authority to set or enforce mobile-source emissions standards under the Clean Air Act and related federal laws, and it retroactively strips federal penalties and records tied to compliance with those federal device and OBD requirements.