E3SHB 1433 — Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

What this bill does

Directs the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to adopt by rule the asset-based home energy score developed by the United States Department of Energy as the primary home energy performance scoring system by which a person may evaluate the energy efficiency and relative greenhouse gas emissions of the building. Directs the Department of Licensing (DOL) to adopt rules and implement a program for the licensing of home energy assessors. Prohibits, beginning September 1, 2024, a person from engaging in, conducting business, advertising, or holding himself or herself out as a home energy assessor without first obtaining a license.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  57 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
• House — 899 Goehner Pg 2 Ln 7 · February 9, 2024
  45 yea · 52 nay · 1 not voting
• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 9, 2024
  55 yea · 42 nay · 1 not voting

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