Laws · Pennsylvania · H.B. 2516
H.B. 2516: In general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards.
Pennsylvania, 2025-2026 Regular Session. In committee, May 13, 2026.
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H.B. 2516 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Jamie Walsh (R); Charity Grimm Krupa (R); Steven Mentzer (R); Jill Cooper (R); Brenda Pugh (R); Scott Barger (R); Jacob Banta (R); Wendy Fink (R); Kerry Benninghoff (R); Mark Gillen (R)
Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.
Official page www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2516. Found through LegiScan (bill 2149453), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- May 13, 2026 In committee
H.B. 2516 went to committee in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Local Government.
- May 13, 2026 Introduced
H.B. 2516 was introduced in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Local Government.
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