republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-672.md

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Bill	Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers.	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 672	Virginia HB 672 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	9	48	11	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ce9a64cb-1bbd-4b01-97a9-fdf1c5ad7776	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB672	85f7ab8707fc51e27efd970a7ccf74f99eb9a6566eddeb9b12d7e0c803107305	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 672 (2026) — Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers.

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Finance and Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Senator McPike Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 61–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102691D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Labor and Commerce(Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-28 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26107320D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Finance and Appropriations Amendment rejected amendment-failure
• 2026-03-10 Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
• 2026-03-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2026-03-10 Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB672ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB672)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 928 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce9a64cb-1bbd-4b01-97a9-fdf1c5ad7776. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).