[Closed] Re: 21315.2 .... Andy brought up a question

Re: 21315.2 .... Andy brought up a question about the '32 Ford in Dick's post.
Marlowe's response reminded me of the emission concerns in Texas that come for the older cars that are being brought back to life.
A few years back, a Texas representative wrote a bill that would make it law that all vehicles should meet the same standards no matter what the age of the car.
He pursued this because of smog conditions in our bigger cities, especially Houston, was becoming worse every year.

This part I may not have exactly right, but I think that at the time he introduced the bill, the law read that all vehicles must maintain the emission standards that were applicable to the year of the car. ... A 1932 car must meet the standards that applied in 1932.

Well, the old rodders in Texas became aware of this bill and word spread fast. A friend of mine (we went to the same HS together, 10 years apart) was one of the safety inspectors for the NHRA and he only was needed for car shows, etc. He contacted the Representative for a meeting to discuss his bill. W.L. showed up at the meeting with 40 or 50 rodders and they met outside of the capitol building.
Progress was made at that meeting.
The time came for the legislative floor to vote on the bill and the Rep stood before the floor and promptly pulled his bill.
It seems the entire gallery was full of street rodders who had come to see who might vote for this bill.
The bill was pulled that day and the law remains the way it always was.

The Rep informed the floor that day that since almost all of these cars were retrofitted with modern fuel-injected engines, they more than qualified to meet good standards. The fact that most were registered as an antique car and were only drive 1K miles a year didn't hurt either.

Now for my question, can CA or other states actually take a vehicle if it doesn't meet EPA standards?