Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval.
Summary
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Requires a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a datacenter, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of thedata center on water usage and carbon emissions as well as any impactson agricultural resources within the locality.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Last action Feb 28, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
53–42
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 98
Feb 13, 2024
D
Democratic49
100% Yea
R
Republican49
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB338E
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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