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Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers.

Jun 4, 2026: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers.

Jun 4, 2026: SUBSTITUTED BY A11560

Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.

Jun 1, 2026: print number 9086b

Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.

May 30, 2026: PRINT NUMBER 6394B

Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Apr 6, 2026: Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.

Jun 30, 2026: Substituted by S3379 (2R)

An act relating to sustainable data center deployment

May 29, 2026: Veto of the Governor sustained by a vote of Yeas = 83, Nays = 52

Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.

May 18, 2026: delivered to senate

Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.

Apr 9, 2026: Author added Jones

Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Apr 6, 2026: Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor

Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.

Feb 2, 2026: Failed to report from Local Government with amendments (7-Y 7-N 1-A)

Enact the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act

Jul 28, 2026: Introduced

Data centers; Department of Energy shall lead efforts to accelerate use of waste heat, report.

Apr 13, 2026: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)

Require an annual data center load report to the Nebraska Power Review Board, provide powers and duties for public power suppliers, allow and require regulation of data centers, and change provisions relating to regulation of cryptocurrency mining operations

Apr 17, 2026: Provisions/portions of LB1111 amended into LB1010 by AM2422

Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.

Apr 13, 2026: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0896)

Water resources: data centers.

Jan 22, 2026: Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

Businesses: other; large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act; create. Creates new act.

Apr 15, 2026: Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/14/2026

Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public.

Mar 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

RS and UT; commercial and industrial exemptions, disclosure of data center operator exemption.

Feb 11, 2026: Incorporated by Finance (HB897-Sullivan) (Voice Vote)

"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.

Jun 18, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.

Jun 4, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026

Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]

Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.

May 20, 2026: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure

Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026

Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

Mar 25, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1616-1617)

Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.

Mar 16, 2026: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers to be derived from new clean energy sources.

Jan 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Data Center Resource Disclosure Act

Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] · 2 cosponsors

Jul 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.

May 20, 2026: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties.

May 13, 2026: Referred to Energy

Providing for annual reporting of energy consumption and water consumption by data centers; and imposing a penalty.

Apr 23, 2026: Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy

Provides relative to permitting and reporting of water usage at data centers

Apr 1, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

Providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.

Mar 31, 2026: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure

Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.

Mar 16, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, and data centers exempted from paying sales tax on electricity purchases.

Mar 12, 2026: Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy

Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.

Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.

Aug 29, 2025: In committee: Held under submission.

Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.

Jun 4, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026

Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] · 9 cosponsors

Apr 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Data Center Planning and Transparency Act

Feb 13, 2026: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

Water resources: data centers.

Aug 10, 2026: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

Data centers: reporting.

Aug 3, 2026: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every American and community impacted by the construction or operation of an artificial intelligence data center should have the right to transparency and local autonomy.

Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to the Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.

Mar 16, 2026: Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Hyperscale data centers; Oklahoma Hyperscale Data Center Directory Act; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; directory; electrical utilities; water providers; effective date.

Feb 12, 2026: Referred to Energy

Data Center Transparency Act

Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] · 10 cosponsors

Jan 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: clean energy powerplant projects.

Aug 5, 2026: August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

Smart Data Center Policy Act

Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties.

Jul 10, 2026: Referred to Finance

In tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties.

Jun 25, 2026: Referred to Finance

Requires data center developers to disclose certain information to public and elected officials before preliminary site plan consideration under MLUL.

Jun 8, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Establishing the Office of Transformation and Opportunity and the Artificial Intelligence, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox Program; and providing for powers and duties of office and for permits for high impact data centers that have their own power.

Feb 4, 2026: Amended in Senate Committee on Communications & Technology

Data Center Tax Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2026

Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

Jul 21, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

DATA CENTER REPORTING

May 22, 2026: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

In Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements, further providing for notification, for revocation of certification, for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements and further providing for notification and records and for revocation of certification.

Apr 23, 2026: Referred to Finance

Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment, collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and penalties," in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions, for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax refund program, for notification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax exemption program and for notification and records.

Jul 10, 2026: Referred to Finance

Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.

Jun 30, 2026: Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to the Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act.

Apr 7, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

Oct 11, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.

Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

Mar 23, 2026: Governor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing