Legislation· Dec 2024Sponsored by Andrew Ogles (R)
Liberty in Laundry Act
Would have required the Energy Department to justify clothes washer efficiency rules before setting or enforcing them.
Tradeoff
Would have required the Energy Department to show washer efficiency rules are feasible, save energy, and add no net costs to consumers. Would have made those rules harder to set or enforce.
What's in it
The House passed this 215-200 on December 10, 2024, and the Senate never voted before the Congress ended.
House
Introduced
(Mar 13, 2024)
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce(Mar 13, 2024)
House
The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 22 - 19(Mar 20, 2024)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-454.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #497 · Dec 10, 2024)
215 yeanay 200Senate
Received from the House
on Energy and Natural Resources(Dec 11, 2024)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Passage votes· Dec 10, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025