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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 12, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB256)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB256ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB256)
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26107427D-S1
Senate committee offered
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100892D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Jeremy S. McPike