HB1619 – Updates some State appliance efficiency standards and adds others.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Fitzgibbon (D; 34th District; Vashon Island, Southwest Seattle) Co-Sponsor Representative Hackney (D; 11th District; South Seattle, Tukwila)
Current status – Had a hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy and Technology February 16th, and passed out of committee the 22nd. Referred to Rules, and passed by the Senate March 1st.
Next step would be – To the Governor.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

In the House  –
Had a hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy January 11th; substitute passed out of committee January 14th. (The substitute exempts kitchen range hoods, removes cables with plugs for regular household 15 and 20 amp circuits from the efficiency requirements, and removes the original bill’s exemption for publicly available chargers.) Referred to Rules, amended by the prime sponsor on the floor and passed by the House February 10th. ( The floor amendment exempts EV charging cords that plug into standard household 120 V outlets from the requirements, and allows Commerce to delay or suspend requirements in the public interest.)

Summary –
Original bill –
The bill would remove the State’s current efficiency requirements for residential pool pumps and uninterruptible power supplies. It would require portable air purifiers, commercial ovens, and electrical vehicle supply equipment to meet the current Energy Star standards as of January 1, 2024. It would expand the definition of residential ventilating fans to include fans supplying inside air as well as exhaust fans, and have them reach the most recent Energy Star standard by January 1, 2024. It would update the requirements for portable electric spas by reference to the recent update of California’s standard, and change the requirement for commercial hot food holding cabinets from 40 watts/cubic foot to the Energy Star standard (version 2.0).