Virginia Senate Bill 521

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-02-03 - Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Data centers; rainwater harvesting systems. Requires any new construction or substantial expansion, as defined in the bill, of a data center, as defined in the bill, to (i) include a rainwater harvesting system sufficient to capture rainwater runoff from at least 30 percent of the total roof surface area of such data center and (ii) use such harvested rainwater for non-potable water needs, as defined in the bill, including irrigation or the dissipation of heat from any component of such data center. The bill also requires any such system to be designed, installed, and periodically inspected by a person certified by the American Society of Sanitary Engineering and authorizes the State Board of Health to promulgate regulations in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Quality as necessary to effectuate the provisions of the bill.

Data centers; rainwater harvesting systems.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2026-02-03 - Senate - Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	Senate	Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N)
2026-02-03	Senate	Senate subcommittee offered
2026-02-03	Senate	Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
2026-01-23	Senate	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB521)
2026-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2026-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102641D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB521
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB521/text/SB521
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB521/text/SB521ASC1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095480.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB521/20261/S1V1017