VA SB285 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)
Pending: Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)
Pending: Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Requires a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to require disclosure of water and power usage at full build-out and perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage, the regional electric grid, and carbon emissions as well as any impacts on agricultural, historic, and cultural resources within the locality.
Title
Siting of data centers; site assessment.
Sponsors
| Sen. Danica Roem [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104537D |
