Virginia Senate Bill 1078 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-03 - Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Siting of data centers; impacts on resources; site assessment. Provides that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center shall only be approved in areas where the data center (i) will have a minimal impact on historic, agricultural, and cultural resources and (ii) will not be within one mile of a national park or state park or other historically significant site. The bill also requires that prior to any such approval, a site assessment shall be performed to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions as well as any impacts on agricultural resources.

Siting of data centers; impacts on resources, site assessment.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 4-N) (Y: 13 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (7-Y 3-N) (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-03	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 4-N)
2023-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Rules
2023-01-23	Senate	Rereferred from Local Government (7-Y 3-N)
2023-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2023-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100718D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2209.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1078
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1078+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1078F164+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S07V0011+SB1078
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S10V0040+SB1078