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Laws · Virginia · H.B. 154

H.B. 154: Data centers; use of emergency generation unit, disclosure requirements.

Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 6, 2026.

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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

Department of Environmental Quality; data centers; use of emergency generation unit; disclosure requirements. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to require each data center that operates an emergency generation unit, as those terms are defined in the bill, to report on a publicly accessible website within 24 hours the times when such emergency generation unit will be in operation.

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 Joshua Thomas (D)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB154. Found through LegiScan (bill 2065987), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 6, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 154 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

  2. January 6, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 154 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 154 on the legislature's site lis.virginia.gov

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