House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Energy Choice Act
Official title: To prohibit States or 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Langworthy R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 412.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3699.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-482 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/482
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3699, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2469):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3699, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
157 cosponsors — 154 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 157 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY) and 127 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Langworthy.
- H.R. 5517 (119th) Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- H.R. 4690 (119th) Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
- H.Res. 1174 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review…
- H.Res. 1345 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing…
- H.Res. 177 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 426 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.