Bill Text: VA HB1010 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Data centers; sitings near parks, schools, and residential areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB1010 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1010-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1010
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled January 10, 2024
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of
Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4, relating to siting of
data centers; parks, schools, and residential areas.
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Patron-- Lovejoy
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4 as follows:
§15.2-2209.4. Siting of data centers; parks, schools, and residential areas.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center, as defined in §58.1-3506, shall only be approved for areas that are one-quarter mile or more from federal, state, or local parks, schools, and property zoned or used for residential use.
