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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 8 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
Reading of substitute waived
Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
Finance and Appropriations Amendment rejected
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N)
Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
Read second time
committee substitute agreed to
committee amendments agreed to
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 4-N)
Committee substitute printed 26107320D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends referring to Labor and Commerce(Voice Vote)
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102691D
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Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Nadarius E. Clark
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Amy J. Laufer