H.B. 338: Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval.
Virginia, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, February 14, 2024.
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H.B. 338 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.
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Joshua Thomas (D); Dan Helmer (D); Kannan Srinivasan (D); Amy Laufer (D); Ian Lovejoy (R); Michael Webert (R); Danica Roem (D)
Subjects Counties Cities and Towns, Data Centers The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB338. Found through LegiScan (bill 1885882), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- February 14, 2024 In committee
H.B. 338 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.
- February 12, 2024 Passed first chamber
H.B. 338 passed the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Engrossed by House as amended HB338E.
- February 9, 2024 In committee
H.B. 338 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N).
- January 5, 2024 In committee
H.B. 338 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
- January 5, 2024 Introduced
H.B. 338 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
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