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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: SUBSTITUTED BY A11560

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

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

Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new data centers; requires the public service commission to issue an order or orders to minimize the impact of new data centers on electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users; clarifies that certain provisions are applicable to the Long Island power authority.

May 12, 2026: PRINT NUMBER 9144A

Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new data centers; requires the public service commission to issue an order or orders to minimize the impact of new data centers on electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users; clarifies that certain provisions are applicable to the Long Island power authority.

May 12, 2026: print number 10141a

Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.

May 12, 2026: Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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

Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.

May 22, 2026: PRINT NUMBER 9182B

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

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

Electrical service; require new data centers to operate as hybrid power data centers

Feb 19, 2026: House Second Readers

Data centers: rate structures.

Aug 6, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.

Jul 7, 2026: Approved P.L.2026, C.32.

Create the Data Center Study Commission

Jun 10, 2026: Recommitted: Energy

HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS

May 30, 2026: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS

May 27, 2026: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.

May 21, 2026: print number 10852b

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

Moratorium on data centers.

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

Moratorium on data centers.

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

Authorization for the public service commission to regulate the siting compatibility for data centers; and to provide a penalty.

Jan 17, 2025: Withdrawn from further consideration

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.

May 18, 2026: Effective date(s) 05/07/2026

Local government: financing; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4ee of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee).

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

AN ACT relating to data centers.

Mar 31, 2026: returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)

DCEO-DATA CENTERS

Jun 17, 2026: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.

May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961

Data Center Amendments

May 4, 2026: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

Use tax: other; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4cc of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc).

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

Certain requirements related to data centers.

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

Data Center Development

May 6, 2026: Scrivener's error corrected

Certain requirements related to data centers.

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

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 data centers.

Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn.

Data Centers

May 8, 2026: Chapter No. 2026-65

Data Centers

Mar 11, 2026: Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 484

"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.

Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026

Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

Jul 9, 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

Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, other data center exemptions provided, and data center energy generation redundancy provided.

Apr 16, 2026: Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.

Apr 10, 2026: Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 28

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

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]

Mar 25, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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.

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.

No Harm Data Centers Act

Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] · 1 cosponsors

Mar 20, 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.

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.

Data centers: reporting.

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

Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act

Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] · 19 cosponsors

Jul 21, 2026: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] · 13 cosponsors

Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

Imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.

Jun 4, 2026: Referred to Local Government

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

Data Center Community Impact Act

Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · 14 cosponsors

Mar 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act

Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · 7 cosponsors

Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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 general provisions, providing for pause on data center proposals.

Jun 30, 2026: Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations

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

Creates new provisions related to the construction of data centers

May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

Large-Load Data Centers

May 11, 2026: Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone Indefinitely

Data centers provisions modifications

Apr 13, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Ratepayer Protection Pledge announced on March 4, 2026, reflects sound national policy to protect ratepayers in the United States, promote electricity affordability, and ensure that all people of the United States, including households, small businesses, schools, hospitals, and farms, have access to reliable and affordable energy as artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure expands across the United States.

Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · 1 cosponsors

Mar 25, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1618-1619)

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

AN ACT relating to data centers.

Mar 2, 2026: to Committee on Committees (S)

DATA CENTER REPORTING

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

Data Centers, Utilities

May 17, 2026: REFERRED TO COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Data Center & Utility Modernization

May 7, 2026: House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely

Various data center exemptions and provisions modifications

Mar 23, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

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 data centers.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

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 data centers.

Mar 3, 2026: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (no second)

Data centers provisions modification

Feb 26, 2026: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Cost responsibility agreements; data centers

Jan 22, 2026: House COM Committee action: Withdrawn, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)

In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax and for establishment of revenue-neutral reconciliation; providing for educational tax credits; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for business firms and for tax credit certificates; repealing provisions relating to Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program; in general provisions, providing for data centers; prohibiting the imposition of a tax on gross receipts received from the sale of electric energy; imposing a penalty; and making repeals.

Jun 26, 2026: Referred to Rules

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 data centers.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

DATA CENTERS-VARIOUS

May 22, 2026: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Data Centers

Feb 10, 2026: Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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)

Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.

Apr 27, 2026: Resolution adopted in final form.

Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.

Apr 9, 2026: Resolution adopted in final form.

Impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.

Feb 18, 2026: State Affairs Tabled, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3. S.J. 27

Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium.

Feb 18, 2026: State Affairs Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2.

Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

Mar 30, 2026: Signed by the Governor on March 30, 2026 S.J. 549

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.

Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for

Apr 17, 2026: Enacted

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 data centers.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee