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HB672Introduced in the House of Delegates

Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers.

Passed

Introduced by Michelle Maldonado, District 20

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Minimum energy and water conservation standards; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning facilities and home appliances; Department of Energy; prohibited practices; penalty. Provides that if any product or product categories under the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (the EPCA) are removed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy or the federal government, the Department of Energy shall adopt energy or water conservation standards that shall be equivalent to the last applicable federal standards with a product compliance date of on or before December 31, 2025. The bill prohibits any such new products from being sold, offered for sale, leased, or rented in the Commonwealth unless such products meet or exceed such standards. The bill excludes any energy or water conservation standards set aside by a court or any product if federal law preempts the application of the minimum energy and water conservation standards to such a product, including any product or product categories where there is a requirement to develop a standard under the EPCA. This bill is identical to SB 256.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0928)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

64

Yes

35

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102691D

  2. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

  3. Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources

  4. Subcommittee recommends referring to Labor and Commerce(Voice Vote)

  5. Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)

  6. Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)

  7. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  8. House subcommittee offered

  9. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)

  10. Committee substitute printed 26107320D-H1

  11. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 4-N)

  12. Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  13. House subcommittee offered

  14. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

  15. Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)

  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)

  17. Read first time

  18. Read second time

  19. committee substitute agreed to

  20. committee amendments agreed to

  21. Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended

  22. Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)

  24. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  25. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

  26. Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)

  27. Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)

  28. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N)

  29. Rules suspended

  30. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  31. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  32. Read third time

  33. Finance and Appropriations Amendment rejected

  34. Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute

  35. Reading of substitute waived

  36. Senator McPike Substitute agreed to

  37. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute

  38. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  39. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)

  40. Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  41. Enrolled

  42. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB672ER)

  43. Signed by President

  44. Signed by Speaker

  45. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  46. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  47. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)

  48. Approved by Governor - Chapter 928 (effective - see bill)

  49. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0928)

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