{"id":465829,"date":"2026-09-16T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465829\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:54:08","slug":"lenos-law-signed-expanding-california-smog-exemptions-for-classic-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465829\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Leno&#8217;s Law&#8217; signed, expanding California smog exemptions for classic cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 More classic cars will become exempt from California smog checks <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/jay-leno-backed-bill-to-expand-california-classic-car-smog-exemptions-passes-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u201cLeno\u2019s Law\u201d<\/a> into law.<\/p>\n<p><p>More classic cars will become exempt from California smog checks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u201cLeno\u2019s Law\u201d into law. (Courtesy: Gove. Gavin Newsom)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 1392, backed by Bakersfield Republican Sen. Shannon Grove, will begin expanding the exemption on Jan. 1, 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The law initially adds qualifying 1976 through 1980 collector vehicles to the exemption and will add another model year annually until reaching 1985 models.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/inspector-general-high-speed-rail-authority-misused-funds-on-travel-entertainment-planet-fitness-gym-escape-room-nightclub-tiki-bar-sushi-restaurant-private-consultants-international-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inspector General flags $624,000 in questionable high-speed rail consultant travel costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>\u2018Leno\u2019s Law\u2019 signed, expanding California smog exemptions for classic cars (Courtesy: Jay Leno)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, vehicles must either have collector car insurance or be driven no more than 1,000 miles per year.<\/p>\n<p>Grove spent two years pushing for the change and credited California car enthusiasts, mechanics and families, along with longtime car collector Jay Leno, for supporting the effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALIFORNIA (FOX26) \u2014 More classic cars will become exempt from California smog checks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-465829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}