S. 1945

Summary

S. 1945, the Energy Choice Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jun 4, 2025 by Sen. James Justice (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Natural Resources, and last saw action on Jun 4, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Record

Text

S. 1945 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 S1945 IS: Energy Choice Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-06-04
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1945
  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Energy Choice Act  .
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.
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.

Tracker

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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.

Sponsors

Sen. James Justice (R) sponsors S. 1945, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

James Justice

Sen. · R–WV · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 4, 2025

Shelley Capito

Sen. · R–WV · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Tommy Tuberville

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025 · Original

Rick Scott

Sen. · R–FL · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 11, 2025

Roger Marshall

Sen. · R–KS · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 24, 2025

James Risch

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

David McCormick

Sen. · R–PA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 6, 2026

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Committees

S. 1945 went before 1 committee: Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy and Natural Resources

Referred To · Jun 4, 2025 · 314 Bills

Actions

S. 1945 has taken 2 actions since Jun 4, 2025.

Votes

S. 1945 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 1945 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Energy Choice Act — Display Title
• Energy Choice Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

15 clients hired 16 firms and 56 registered lobbyists who named S. 1945 in 48 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Homeland Security, Environment/Superfund, Trade (domestic/foreign), Consumer Issues/Safety/Products.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 56.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1945 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1945’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

S. 1945 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Alternative and renewable resources to State and local government operations.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com