Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-07-23
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act” Read the full text
Energy
What it does
Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act This bill modifies the process by which the Department of Energy (DOE) issues or revises energy conservation standards for consumer products such as household appliances, including by requiring DOE to consider additional factors related to the cost and availability of such products. First, the bill allows DOE to amend an energy conservation standard for a consumer product when needed rather than by a deadline. The bill also allows DOE to grant a petition to revoke or amend energy conservation standards if the standards (1) result in additional costs to co
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-07-23
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-02-24
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
1
sponsor, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION
5 filingsA.O. SMITH CORPORATIONvia A.O. SMITH CORPORATION
4 filingsA.O. SMITH CORPORATIONvia FORBES-TATE
4 filingsAIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTEvia AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE
4 filingsASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERSvia ASSOCIATION OF HOME APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS
4 filingsBASF CORPORATIONvia BASF CORPORATION
4 filingsCMS ENERGY CORPvia CMS ENERGY CORP
4 filingsENBRIDGE (U.S.) INCvia ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC
4 filingsFrom 94 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (2026-02-25).