HB672
Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Michelle Maldonado (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102691D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/26/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Labor and Commerce(Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/28/2026 - House: Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107320D-H1
- 02/10/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/11/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/11/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendment rejected
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Floor Offered
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
