California’s Senate Transportation Committee passed a bill with bipartisan support this week, the first step into making life easier for classic car owners, reports LateNighter. The proposed rule is known as “Leno’s Law,” primarily because the main person it will benefit is comedian Jay Leno.

In fact, Leno helped author the bill. During a time when California is struggling with its homeless population, destructive wildfires and some of the highest taxes in the nation, its lawmakers are working to help classic car owners skirt around anti-smog laws. The California Air Resources Board currently requires all vehicles built in 1975 or later to undergo a smog check every two years, but Leno’s Law would eliminate smog checks for vehicles 35 years or older if they are insured as a collector car.

Let’s see — how many Californians own a variety of expensive classic cars and have the means to insure them as such?...