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Energy Choice Act

To prohibit States and local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 4, 2025

Latest action (Jun 4, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Energy
Issues
Climate & Energy
Legislative subjects (4)
Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionOil and gasState and local government operations

Summary
  • Defines energy to include natural gas, renewable natural gas, hydrogen, liquified petroleum gas, petroleum products, biomass-based fuels, and electricity.
  • Prohibits states and local governments from adopting laws, regulations, ordinances, or building codes that ban or restrict energy services based on the type or source of energy.
  • Prevents states and local governments from limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of energy services based on energy type or source.
  • Applies to energy sold in interstate commerce delivered to end-users.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  2. Jun 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 3699 — Energy Choice Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 1397 — Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5576 — Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1346 — To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes. (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3699 — Energy Choice Act · Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 86%
  • S 1934 — Securing Energy Supply Chains Act · Introduced Jun 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 5368 — Investing in Energy Regions Act · Introduced Sep 24, 2021 · Cong. 117 74%
  • S 4772 — Renewable Energy Choice Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 5292 — Energy Accountability Act · Introduced Sep 20, 2021 · Cong. 117 71%
  • S 333 — Homeowner Energy Freedom Act · Introduced Jan 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jun 4, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 4, 2025

Mr. Justice (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To prohibit States and local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Energy Choice Act”.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ENERGY.

In this Act, the term “energy” includes—

(1) natural gas;

(2) renewable natural gas;

(3) hydrogen;

(4) liquified petroleum gas;

(5) renewable liquified petroleum gas;

(6) other liquid petroleum products;

(7) biomass-based diesel fuels and renewable fuels; and

(8) electricity.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON REGULATION OF ENERGY CHOICE.

A State or local government, including any instrumentality or regulatory agency of a State or local government, may not adopt, implement, or enforce a law, regulation, ordinance, building code, standard, or policy that prohibits or limits, or has the effect of directly or indirectly prohibiting or limiting, the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of, or access to, an energy service based on the type or source of energy sold in interstate commerce to be delivered to an end- user of that energy service. <all>

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