Bill stops power rules for mobile homes to lower starting prices.

What it does

This bill stops the Department of Energy from enforcing power rules for mobile homes. The rules were finalized in May 2022. It also changes how future power rules are made. The Secretary of Energy must now base new rules on cost studies. The Secretary must look at how the rules affect home prices and payback periods. This makes it harder to create stricter power rules in the future.

Who it affects

People who buy or live in mobile homes are affected. The bill may lower the starting price of a new mobile home. However, people will likely pay more money for power bills over time. Lower-income families are hit hardest because they have less money to pay higher power bills.

One thing to notice

The bill lowers the upfront cost of buying a mobile home. But it raises the lifetime cost of power bills for people living there.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

5 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrats.

• Sep 8, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Sep 8, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy”
• Nov 19, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Dec 3, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 16”
• Jan 9, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 263 - 147 (Roll no. 12).”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

8 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 13 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $4,383,687 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 8 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 88% of bills with any report.

Erin Houchin, who sponsored the bill, received $1,052,250 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Toyota Motor North America Inc (tma) — $3,483,687 in 2 reports
• Basf Corporation — $540,000 in 2 reports
• Sierra Club — $180,000 in 2 reports
• American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy — $50,000 in 1 report
• American Chemistry Council — $40,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Department of Energy — The federal agency that sets rules about how much power products can use.
• Secretary of Energy — The leader of the Department of Energy who makes decisions about power rules.
• mobile homes — Homes built in a factory and moved to a site, also called manufactured homes.
• payback periods — The amount of time it takes for money saved to equal the money spent upfront.
• cost studies — A study that compares the money spent on something to the money saved by it.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.