HB 1015 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

HB 1015 requires cities and counties in Washington to mandate home energy performance reports before residential properties (like single-family homes and townhouses) are advertised for sale. The reports, valid for eight years, must include a U.S. Department of Energy home energy score, annual energy costs, greenhouse gas emissions estimates, and efficiency improvement recommendations. Local governments must first assess financial impacts on low-income sellers and implement cost-mitigation programs before enforcing the requirement. The bill also directs the Department of Commerce to create a standardized report format by November 2025.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Jan 12, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill expands the requirement for home energy performance reports to include a wider variety of residential properties, such as duplexes, townhouses, and accessory dwelling units, beyond just single-family homes. It also adds a one-year delay for local governments to enforce these new rules after adoption, allowing time for preparation. Additionally, the bill permits cities and counties to add their own specific criteria to the standard report format and allows a single report to cover identical buildings within the same development.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded from applying only to single-family residences to include duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottages, townhouses, and attached accessory dwelling units.
SCOPE

Extended the requirement for home energy performance reports to cover duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage housing, townhouses, and attached accessory dwelling units.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandatory one-year waiting period before an ordinance requiring these reports can take effect after it is adopted by a city or county.

TECHNICAL

Allowed cities and counties to add additional criteria and information to the standardized home energy report format.

Permitted a single home energy performance report to be used for multiple buildings within the same land division if they share identical design specifications and features.

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Total actions
12
Key actions
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Committee
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Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Local Government.
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Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
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Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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Jan 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
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Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
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1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

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