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The VEIP emissions testing station in Forest Hill gets a steady business. The Maryland Board of Public Works voted on Sept. 6, 2023 to alter a contract for the state’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program delaying the inspection requirement for new cars. (Matt Button/The Aegis) 
Del. Christopher Bouchat plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 General Assembly session to eliminate Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, also known as VEIP, calling the decades-old policy “obsolete” and overly costly for taxpayers.
