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Laws · Virginia · S.B. 284

S.B. 284: Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites.

Virginia, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, January 9, 2024.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. 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 will (i) have a minimal impact on historic, agricultural, and cultural resources and (ii) not be within one mile of a national park, state park, or other historically significant site.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Danica Roem (D)

Subjects Counties Cities and Towns, Data Centers The legislature's own list.

Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB284. Found through LegiScan (bill 1886061), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 9, 2024 In committee

    S.B. 284 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.

  2. January 9, 2024 Introduced

    S.B. 284 was introduced in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.

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Sources

  1. S.B. 284 on the legislature's site lis.virginia.gov

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