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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

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

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

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

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

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

Water resources: data centers.

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

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

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

Data centers provisions modifications

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

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

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