{"id":101154,"date":"2025-06-06T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=101154"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:19:49","slug":"lenos-law-passes-big-hurdle-in-a-win-for-collector-car-enthusiasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/lenos-law-passes-big-hurdle-in-a-win-for-collector-car-enthusiasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Leno’s Law Passes Big Hurdle in a Win for Collector Car Enthusiasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senate Bill 712, also known as Leno’s Law due to it’s support from comedian and famous collector car enthusiast Jay Leno, recently leapt a big hurdle on its way to reducing the need for smog checks on cars 35 years or older — passage from the California Senate floor to the Assembly Transportation Committee with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the bill is to reduce the financial onus on collector car owners for vehicles that are driven for special occasions, not used as daily commuters, by not holding them to the same emissions standards as a daily driver with the justification that the environmental impact is radically smaller.<\/p>\n

The law was authored by California State Senator Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) who is pleased with the legislation’s progress, while still having some reservations about the current iteration: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to see Leno\u2019s Law clear the Senate Floor, marking a significant step for car enthusiasts across California,\u201d said Senator Shannon Grove. \u201cLeno\u2019s Law would give collectors the option to have a smog check exemption and that is a win for many enthusiasts!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, there were duplicative requirements added by the last committee, such as mandating classic car insurance and historical license plates,\u201d added Senator Grove. \u2018These provisions could create barriers for collectors, including the need to own a locked garage in order to qualify for the smog check exemption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leno’s Law moves into committee, but will it survive past the California Senate floor?<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[12079,12078],"class_list":["post-101154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ca-sb-712","tag-lenos-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chris-Down-and-Jay-Leno-min.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-qjw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101164,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101154\/revisions\/101164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}