Used to be, that was the case in Texas as well. Any dash warning light on would fail. Our safety inspections are going away in September, I think. However, there will still be a $7.50 charge for the registration sticker (on top of the annual registration fee). A lot of the independent inspection stations made a big stink about it but most of them were scamming owners for additional costs for repairing. Like $50-80 just for replacing a taillight bulb or wiper blades. And don't get me started on the emission test. In this region, it wasn't required anyway--We're clean here.