VirginiaAppliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 928 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Apr 1Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB672ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- Mar 10Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
- Mar 10Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
- Mar 10Reading of substitute waived
- Mar 10Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
- Mar 10Finance and Appropriations Amendment rejectedMinor
- Mar 10Read third timeMinor
- Mar 9Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 9Rules suspended
- Mar 6Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amendedMajor
- Feb 16committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 12Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
- Feb 11Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- Feb 11House subcommittee offered
- Feb 11Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 10Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 26107320D-H1Major
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5House subcommittee offered
- Jan 28Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Jan 28Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 28Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 28Subcommittee recommends referring to Labor and Commerce(Voice Vote)
- Jan 26Assigned HACNR sub: Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102691DIntroduced