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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

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

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

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

Feb 19, 2026: House Second Readers

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

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

AN ACT relating to data centers.

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

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

Certain requirements related to data centers.

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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.

Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.

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

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.

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.

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] · 15 cosponsors

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

Data Center Transparency Act

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

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

Data Center Community Reinvestment Act of 2026

Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

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)

AN ACT relating to data centers.

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

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

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

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.

Data centers: rate structures.

Aug 13, 2026: Ordered to third reading.

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