Sources & Citations

State-level measures

312 measures across 49 states

• Alabama · HB 399 — Alabama HB 399, sponsored by Rep. Hulsey (R-Helena), is the House companion to SB 265. (In force, 2026-02) legiscan.com →
• Arizona · FY2027 budget — Three-year pause on data center sales-tax exemption (In force, 2026-07) azcapitoltimes.com →
• Arizona · HB 4168 — Statewide moratorium on data centers through June 30, 2029 (In force, 2026-07) news.bloombergtax.com →
• Arizona · Arizona statewide (3-year pause on new data center tax exemptions, signed in FY budget) — Arizona: On June 15, 2026 Gov. Katie Hobbs signed Arizona's ~$18B FY budget, which includes a three-year moratorium on NEW data center sales/use tax exemptions. (In force, 2026-06) news.bloomberglaw.com →
• Arizona · HB 2649 — computer data centers; tax incentives (In force, 2021-04) apps.azleg.gov →
• California · AB 1577 — Data center reporting requirements (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · AB 2383 — Fair Share in Energy Act (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · AB 2469 — Data centers: water use disclosures (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · SB 1168 — Data center electricity rate structures (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · SB 886 — California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · SB 887 — CEQA treatment of data centers (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · SB 57 — California SB 57 directs the CPUC to assess whether investor-owned utility costs from new data center loads result in cost shifts to other retail customers. (In force, 2025-10) sd18.senate.ca.gov →
• California · AB 2619 — California AB 2619 would establish comprehensive water reporting requirements with three data center size categories: hyperscale (>25 MW), mid-range (2-25 MW) (In force, 2026-09) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · — Seven bills to improve data center transparency (In force, 2026-09) w.media →
• California · — Newsom clamps down on California data centers as voters turn against the industry (In force, 2026-09) calmatters.org →
• California · — Cities get more say in data center development under new California laws (In force, 2026-09) constructiondive.com →
• California · — Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that (In force, 2026-09) theverge.com →
• California · — Executive Order on AI Safety (In force, 2026-09) axios.com →
• Delaware · HB 233 (Substitute 1) — Large energy-use facilities bear their own infrastructure costs (In force, 2026-08) legis.delaware.gov →
• Delaware · HB 445 — 100% new energy requirement for large energy-use facilities (In force, 2026-08) news.delaware.gov →
• Delaware · HB 310 — Large energy-use facilities barred from job-creation tax credits (In force, 2026-08) news.delaware.gov →
• Florida · HB 7031 — Data-center sales-tax exemption rollback (In force, 2025-06) flsenate.gov →
• Florida · SB 484 — Data center ratepayer, water and local-authority law (In force, 2026-06) flgov.com →
• Idaho · HB 895 — Idaho House passed HB 895 (58-10) on March 20, requiring future data centers to design cooling systems for non-consumptive water use or use water (In force, 2026-03) capitalpress.com →
• Idaho · H 521 — TAXATION, Adds to and amends existing law to provide a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or use of eligible server equipment and new data center (In force, 2020-03) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Illinois · Illinois (statewide) — Illinois: Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a two-year suspension of state tax incentives for new data centers, effective July 1, 2026. (In force, 2026-06) nrdc.org →
• Indiana · HEA 1210 — Local payment in lieu of taxes from data centers (In force, 2026-03) ipm.org →
• Indiana · HB 1210 — Indiana HB 1210 was signed into law March 12, 2026 by Gov. Braun. (In force, 2026-01) ibj.com →
• Iowa · HF 976 — Limits data-center sales/use tax exemptions (In force, 2025-06) nyemaster.com →
• Kansas · SB98 — Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment (In force, 2025-04) kslegislature.gov →
• Kentucky · Executive Order 2026-494 — Data-center screening and permit-denial order (In force, 2026-08) lpm.org →
• Louisiana · Executive Order 26-058 — Ratepayer and Community Protection Initiative (In force, 2026-06) lailluminator.com →
• Louisiana · HB827 — Louisiana Legislature passed HB827 (Act 730 of the 2024 Regular Session), authored to attract data centers like Meta's Hyperion. (In force, 2024-06) legis.la.gov →
• Louisiana · Louisiana (LPSC Lightning Amendment) — Louisiana's LPSC adopted the 'Lightning Amendment,' which shortens the review process for large-load electricity connections to 8 months. (In force, 2025-12) thelensnola.org →
• Maine · LD 713 — Data centers excluded from state tax incentive programs (In force, 2026-04) mainesenate.org →
• Maine · Maine — Maine: Governor Janet Mills SIGNED LD 713 on April 24, 2026, prohibiting data center projects from Maine's business development tax incentive programs. (In force, 2026-04) maine.gov →
• Maryland · HB 1532 — Maryland: Governor Wes Moore signed HB 1532, the Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act, into law on or about April 15 (In force, 2026-04) governor.maryland.gov →
• Maryland · Executive Order 01.01.2026.16 — Responsible Data Center Development framework and review task force (In force, 2026-09) governor.maryland.gov →
• Maryland · Maryland (Veto Override - Impact Study) — Maryland: The Maryland General Assembly overrode Governor Moore's veto (Senate 44-0, House 111-24), enacting a law requiring a comprehensive environmental (In force, 2025-12) marylandmatters.org →
• Massachusetts · Executive Order No. 658 — Local approval and clean energy requirements for data centers (In force, 2026-09) mass.gov →
• Massachusetts · Executive Order — Healey's New Data Center Rules (In force, 2026-09) bisnow.com →
• Minnesota · HF 16 (2025 1st Special Session) — Data center energy, environmental and tax law (In force, 2025-06) house.mn.gov →
• Montana · SB 212 — Montana: The Montana Right to Compute Act (SB 212), signed by Governor Gianforte on April 16, 2025, establishes a legal right to own and use computational (In force, 2025-04) legiscan.com →
• Nebraska · Executive Order 26-17 — Ends ImagiNE Act tax incentives for new data centers (In force, 2026-07) governor.nebraska.gov →
• Nebraska · State of Nebraska — Nebraska: Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order ending future ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax incentives for new data-center applications (In force, 2026-07) governor.nebraska.gov →
• Nebraska · Nebraska — Nebraska: LB1261 was signed April 10, 2026, allowing private developers to build and own power plants to serve large-scale electricity users like data centers (In force, 2026-03) nebraskapublicmedia.org →
• Nevada · Executive Order 2026-005 — Nevada Standard for Responsible Data Center Development (In force, 2026-09) gov.nv.gov →
• New Jersey · Data Center Fair Share Act — Data center ratepayer class and cost obligations (In force, 2026-07) nj.gov →
• New Jersey · S-3379 / A-4096 — Data center energy and water use reporting (In force, 2026-08) newjerseymonitor.com →
• New Jersey · New Jersey — New Jersey: In New Jersey, Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed on her first day in office, Declaring a state of emergency on utility costs. (In force, 2026-01) nj.gov →
• New Jersey · S4390/A5165 — New Jersey: NJ Assembly passed S4390/A5165 74-4 on 2026-06-30, redirecting $250M in uncommitted AI/data-center tax credits under the Next New Jersey Program (In force, 2026-06) nj.gov →
• New York · EO 62 — Statewide moratorium on data centers until a condition is met (In force, 2026-07) governor.ny.gov →
• North Dakota · HB 1579 — North Dakota's HB 1579, originally introduced to create a state siting process for large electricity users (50+ MW), was significantly amended (In force, 2025-01) ndlegis.gov →
• Ohio · Ohio (Gov. DeWine pauses new data center sales-tax exemptions), OH — Ohio: On May 27, 2026, Gov. Mike DeWine directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to stop considering new data center sales-tax exemption requests (In force, 2026-05) governor.ohio.gov →
• Ohio · HB 96 — Ohio Republican legislative leaders are pushing to override Governor DeWine's veto that repealed data center sales tax exemptions. (In force, 2026-03) statenews.org →
• Oklahoma · HB 2992 — Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026 (In force, 2026-05) okhouse.gov →
• Oregon · HB 3546 (POWER Act) — Protecting Oregonians With Energy Responsibility Act (In force, 2025-06) olis.oregonlegislature.gov →
• Oregon · HB 4084 — Pause on Enterprise Zone property-tax breaks for new data centers (In force, 2026-06) dwt.com →
• Oregon · Oregon — Oregon: Governor Tina Kotek formally announced the Data Center Advisory Committee on January 20, 2026, with seven members co-chaired by Margaret Hoffmann (In force, 2025-03) opb.org →
• Pennsylvania · Executive Order 2026-05 — GRID Requirements for data center permitting (In force, 2026-08) pa.gov →
• Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania (Gov. Shapiro GRID standards) — Pennsylvania: In Pennsylvania, voluntary executive program offering expedited state permitting for data center developers who commit to bringing/paying (In force, 2026-02) spotlightpa.org →
• Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania (Statewide) — Pennsylvania: In Pennsylvania, Governor Josh Shapiro announced GRID (Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development) standards for data centers (In force, 2026-03) spotlightpa.org →
• Pennsylvania · HB 262 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions (In force, 2019-06) legis.state.pa.us →
• South Dakota · SB 135 — Data Center Bill of Rights for Citizens (In force, 2026-03) sdpb.org →
• South Dakota · HB 1005 — South Dakota: In South Dakota, multiple data center bills saw different outcomes: HB 1005 (50-year sales tax exemption for data centers) was rejected 9-3 (In force, 2026-02) kelo.com →
• Tennessee · HB 1847 / SB 2128 — Data Center Cost Responsibility Act (In force, 2026-05) wkrn.com →
• Texas · SB 6 — Large-load interconnection standards and grid curtailment (In force, 2025-06) utilitydive.com →
• Texas · Texas (PUCT rulemaking) — Texas: The Texas Public Utility Commission is implementing SB 6 through multiple rulemaking dockets. (In force, 2026-03) ercot.com →
• Texas · Governor's directive to Texas Water Development Board (Sept. 14, 2026) — Enforcement of data center water-use reporting requirements (In force, 2026-09) ksat.com →
• Texas · Texas (Republican shift on data center regulation, Rep. David Cook commits 2027 county-authority legislation) — Texas Tribune analysis found 82 data centers (~60% of planned/under construction) sit in Trump-voting Texas House districts. (In force, 2026-05) texastribune.org →
• Texas · Texas (State Republican Executive Committee) — Texas: The State Republican Executive Committee passed a near-unanimous resolution calling for 'rigorous independent assessments' of data center impacts (In force, 2026-02) kwtx.com →
• Texas · — Order to pause data center permits for audit (In force, 2026-09) cnbc.com →
• Texas · — Halt on Texas data center permits (In force, 2026-09) politico.com →
• Utah · Executive Order 2026-03 — A higher bar for data-center development (In force, 2026-05) governor.utah.gov →
• Utah · HB 76 — Utah: In Utah, Governor Cox signed HB 76 on March 23, 2026, Requiring new data centers (10,000+ sq ft) to notify water providers of projected demands (In force, 2026-02) le.utah.gov →
• Virginia · HB 30 (2026 budget) — Data center electricity consumption tax (In force, 2026-06) gtlaw.com →
• Virginia · Statewide moratorium on data centers with no end date — Data center electricity consumption tax in the 2026-28 budget (not a moratorium) (In force, 2026-06) williamsmullen.com →
• Virginia · Executive Order 22 (Data Center Accountability Framework) — Executive order on data center accountability (no moratorium) (In force, 2026-09) governor.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · Virginia (budget tax exemption fight) — Virginia: The Virginia Senate budget proposes accelerating the data center tax exemption sunset from 2035 to January 2027, which would redirect $1.6B/year (In force, 2026-02) virginiamercury.com →
• Virginia · HB 507 — Virginia HB 507, sponsored by Del. John McAuliff (D-Fauquier), is the first state law mandating Tier IV emission standards for data center backup generators. (In force, 2026-03) virginiamercury.com →
• Virginia · SB 94 — Virginia SB 94 / HB 153, sponsored by Sen. Danica Roem and Del. Josh Thomas, requires 100+ MW data center applicants seeking rezoning to submit site assessment (In force, 2026-02) cardinalnews.org →
• Virginia · Executive Order — Hold data centers accountable, form AI task force (In force, 2026-09) cardinalnews.org →
• Virginia · HB 2273 — Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies 'distressed locality,' report. (In force, 2021-03) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · — Virginia’s new data center rules (In force, 2026-09) constructiondive.com →
• Washington · ESSB 6231 — Rolling back data-center tax exemptions (In force, 2026-04) app.leg.wa.gov →
• Washington · Executive Order 25 — Washington: Governor Ferguson issued Executive Order 25-05 on February 3, 2025 creating the Data Center Workgroup, convened by the Department of Revenue (In force, 2025-02) governor.wa.gov →
• West Virginia · HB 4983 — West Virginia: Governor Patrick Morrisey signed HB 4983 on March 27, 2026, cementing rulemaking that deems confidential all petitions seeking certification (In force, 2026-03) wvgazettemail.com →
• Wisconsin · Wisconsin Legislature (Act 16 data-center TID exception) — Wisconsin: Governor Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 140 (now 2025 Wisconsin Act 16), which created statutory exceptions from the standard 12% equalized-value (In force, 2025-07) docs.legis.wisconsin.gov →
• Wyoming · Wyoming statewide (Gov. Gordon executive order on data center framework) — Wyoming: On June 3, 2026, Gov. Mark Gordon signed an executive order establishing a framework to develop data centers 'the Wyoming Way' (In force, 2026-06) wyomingpublicmedia.org →
• California · — Governors take major actions on AI (Paused, 2026-09) route-fifty.com →
• Illinois · Executive directive — Pause on new data center tax incentives (Paused, 2026-07) dmnews.com →
• Maryland · — Executive Order on Data Centers (Paused, 2026-09) govtech.com →
• Massachusetts · Administrative hold (June 2026) — Hold on data center sales and use tax exemption applications (Paused, 2026-06) wbur.org →
• New York · Executive Order 62 — Statewide hyperscale data center moratorium (executive) (Paused, 2026-07) governor.ny.gov →
• Ohio · Executive directive — Pause on new data center sales-tax exemptions (Paused, 2026-05) thehill.com →
• Ohio · Statewide moratorium on data centers until a condition is met — Governor's pause on data center sales tax exemptions (not a construction moratorium) (Paused, 2025-01) signalcleveland.org →
• Ohio · — Candidates run against data centers, but Ohio legislature didn’t get the memo (Paused, 2026-09) ohiocapitaljournal.com →
• Oregon · Governor's directive (Sept. 8, 2026) — Pause on state land and property for data center projects (Paused, 2026-09) apps.oregon.gov →
• Oregon · Statewide moratorium on data centers through July 1, 2027 — Governor's directive pausing state land actions for data centers (not a statewide moratorium) (Paused, 2026-09) klcc.org →
• Texas · Executive directive (Gov. Abbott) — Freeze on new data center grid connections pending audit (Paused, 2026-08) gov.texas.gov →
• Texas · Statewide moratorium on data centers until a condition is met — Governor's directive pausing ERCOT data center interconnection pending an audit (not a construction ban) (Paused, 2026-08) texastribune.org →
• Texas · Governor's directive to TCEQ (Sept. 21, 2026) — Halt on state environmental permits for data center projects pending audits (Paused, 2026-09) gov.texas.gov →
• Virginia · — Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections (Paused, 2026-09) theregister.com →
• Virginia · — Virginia lawmakers call for study on AI use in Virginia colleges and more headlines (Paused, 2026-09) virginiamercury.com →
• Alabama · SB 270 — PSC review of large-load data center contracts (Proposed, 2026) afslaw.com →
• Alaska · — Alaska senators question legality of state land transfer for possible Mat-Su data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) alaskabeacon.com →
• Arizona · HB 2756 — Rules for extra high load factor customers (Proposed, 2026) afslaw.com →
• Arizona · Arizona (Senate disclosure bill) — Arizona: On April 17, 2026, the Arizona Senate passed a bill that would require the state's major utilities to file reports every six months to the Arizona (Proposed, 2026-04) azcc.gov →
• Arkansas · HB 1444 — TO AMEND THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTERS. (Proposed, 2025-04) arkleg.state.ar.us →
• Georgia · SB 476 — Elimination of state tax credits reaching data centers (Proposed, 2026-02) afslaw.com →
• Idaho · H 609 — TAXATION, Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a property tax exemption for certain capital investments. (Proposed, 2026-02) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Idaho · H 897 — TAXATION, Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital (Proposed, 2026-04) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Illinois · SB 4016 / HB 5513 — Hyperscale self-generation and water transparency (Proposed, 2026-02) afslaw.com →
• Iowa · SSB 3181 — A bill for an act making certain sales and use tax exemptions relating to nuclear electric generation facilities, web search portal businesses (Proposed, 2026-04) legis.iowa.gov →
• Iowa · HF 2198 — A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of tax incentives provided to web search portal businesses and data center businesses, and including effective (Proposed, 2026-01) legis.iowa.gov →
• Iowa · HSB 727 — A bill for an act relating to investment requirements for data center businesses that claim certain sales tax exemptions and sales and use tax refunds. (Proposed, 2026-02) legis.iowa.gov →
• Maryland · SB 596 — Demand response and storage for large-load customers (Proposed, 2026) afslaw.com →
• Maryland · Frederick County (Pippy state moratorium bill) — Maryland: Frederick County Delegate Jesse Pippy introduced a bill proposing a data center moratorium specifically for Frederick County while the state conducts (Proposed, 2026-03) fredericknewspost.com →
• Maryland · — New data centers in neighboring Maryland to get additional scrutiny under governor's order (Proposed, 2026-09) penncapital-star.com →
• Michigan · HB 5594-5596 / SB 1018-1020 — Moratorium on new data center approvals (Proposed, 2026-06) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · SB 761-763 — Michigan Senate Bills 761, 762, and 763 (Sens. Rosemary Bayer D-West Bloomfield, Sue Shink D-Northfield Township, Erika Geiss D-Taylor) introduced December (Proposed, 2025-12) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · HB 5882 — Local government: other; requirements for a moratorium imposed by a local unit of government on large-scale data centers or cryptocurrency mining facilities (Proposed, 2026-04) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · SB 1020 — Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers (Proposed, 2026-06) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · HB 5398 — Property tax: exemptions; general property tax act; reflect repeal of data center tax exemptions. Amends sec. 7ff of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7ff). TIE BAR (Proposed, 2025-12) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · HB 5595 — Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers (Proposed, 2026-03) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · HR 240 — A resolution to urge a temporary pause on discretionary state-level incentives for data center construction, request a comprehensive review of the fiscal (Proposed, 2026-02) legislature.mi.gov →
• Michigan · — Environmentalists push Michigan lawmakers to forge ahead on moratorium and regulations for data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) route-fifty.com →
• Michigan · — Environmentalists push lawmakers to forge ahead on moratorium and regulations for data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) michiganadvance.com →
• Michigan · — Benson, James pitch tariff remedies, business boosts & data center limits at Detroit Economic Club (Proposed, 2026-09) michiganadvance.com →
• Michigan · HB 5396-5398 — Michigan: ~200-person bipartisan 'People Over Data Centers' rally at the Michigan Capitol (gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson, Rep. Wegela, Rep. DeSana) (Proposed, 2026-06) detroitnews.com →
• Michigan · SB 1018-1020 — Michigan: On June 18, 2026 Michigan Senate Democrats introduced a seven-bill package to regulate data centers (Proposed, 2026-06) upnorthlive.com →
• Michigan · Michigan (statewide) — Michigan: Bipartisan House Bills 5594-5596 would create the 'Data Center Regulation Act' and halt construction of new data centers in Michigan until April 1 (Proposed, 2026-02) bridgemi.com →
• Minnesota · HF 5125 / SF 3265 — Repeal data center sales-and-use tax exemption (Proposed, 2026-05) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF 1277 — Data centers sales and use tax exemption modified. (Proposed, 2025-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF 3304 — Sustainable aviation fuel income tax credit and exemptions for data centers and construction of sustainable aviation fuel facilities repealed (Proposed, 2025-05) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF 4888 — New data center moratorium established, and Public Utility Commission required to submit a report. (Proposed, 2026-05) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · SF 5231 — Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal (Proposed, 2026-04) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · SF 769 — Certain data centers tax exemption modification (Proposed, 2025-01) revisor.mn.gov →
• Missouri · HB 3369 — Prohibits the issuance of permits for construction of data centers for one year in St. Louis (Proposed, 2026-05) house.mo.gov →
• Missouri · Missouri Legislature (data center hearings on risks/rewards and energy demand) — Missouri lawmakers heard industry experts and consumer advocates on benefits/drawbacks of data centers, risks/rewards, and energy demand. (Proposed, 2026-05) kfvs12.com →
• Nevada · — Executive Order on Data Centers (Proposed, 2026-09) nevadacurrent.com →
• New Hampshire · Announced budget proposal (2027 session) — Proposed statewide multi-year data center moratorium (Proposed, 2026-09) nhpr.org →
• New Hampshire · LSR 2027-0002 / LSR 2027-0048 — Proposed 24-month statewide moratorium on data center development (2027 session) (Proposed, 2026-09) indepthnh.org →
• New Jersey · A 5482 — Establishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) njleg.state.nj.us →
• New Jersey · S680 — New Jersey: S-680 would mandate clean energy sourcing for new AI data centers, requiring all electricity from new renewable or nuclear generation measured (Proposed, 2026-01) nixonpeabody.com →
• New Jersey · New Jersey (Democratic legislators announce AI data-center tax-credit repeal; Kenilworth CoreWeave protest), NJ — New Jersey: Three Democratic legislators announced a bill to repeal the state AI data-center tax credit (created under Murphy), amid residents protesting (Proposed, 2026-05) newjersey.news12.com →
• New Jersey · New Jersey (Gov. Sherrill unveils statewide data center plan; no moratorium) — New Jersey: On May 28, 2026, Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled a four-part statewide data center plan: clean-energy/grid-cost requirements, mandatory energy (Proposed, 2026-05) jerseyvindicator.org →
• New Mexico · Announced bill (2027 session) — Proposed statewide data center moratorium (Proposed, 2026-08) sourcenm.com →
• New Mexico · Proposed statewide moratorium on data centers — Proposed statewide moratorium on data centers (Proposed, 2026-07) sourcenm.com →
• New Mexico · Executive Order — Data center moratorium (Proposed, 2026-09) news.google.com →
• New York · A 10141 / S 9144 — Three-year halt on data center construction (Proposed, 2025) afslaw.com →
• New York · S10642 / A11560 — Responsible Data Center Development Act (one-year moratorium) (Proposed, 2026-08) nysenate.gov →
• New York · New York — New York S6394A, the Sustainable Data Centers Act, would regulate energy consumption by data centers in the state. (Proposed, 2025-03) nysenate.gov →
• New York · S8540 — New York S8540, the Accountability for Computing and Data Centers (ACDC) Act, would require electric and gas corporations to establish an independent (Proposed, 2025-10) nysenate.gov →
• North Carolina · H 1063 — Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act (Proposed, 2026-04) ncleg.gov →
• North Carolina · H 1189 — Datacenter Transparency Act: statewide siting moratorium (Proposed, 2026-04) lrs.sog.unc.edu →
• North Carolina · SB 730 — Ratepayer Protection Act: sound and water standards (Proposed, 2026-06) ncleg.gov →
• Ohio · SB 374 — End data center sales-tax exemption (Proposed, 2026) ohiosenate.gov →
• Ohio · Ohio — Ohio: Sen. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) introduced a package of 6+ bills targeting data center impacts in Ohio: the Data Center Grid Cost Responsibility Act (Proposed, 2026-02) ohiosenate.gov →
• Ohio · HB 999 — Prohibit property tax exemptions for data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) legislature.ohio.gov →
• Ohio · HB957 — Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted (Proposed, 2026-06) legislature.ohio.gov →
• Ohio · HB 706 — Ohio: HB 706 bans utilities from recovering data center infrastructure costs by shifting them onto other customers and requires long-term service agreements (Proposed, 2026-02) ohiocapitaljournal.com →
• Oregon · Announced bill (2027 session) — Proposed three-year moratorium on new large data centers (Proposed, 2026-08) oregoncapitalchronicle.com →
• Oregon · Proposed statewide moratorium on data centers — Proposed statewide moratorium on data centers (Proposed, 2026-08) centraloregonian.com →
• Pennsylvania · HB 2496 — Municipal authority to pause data center proposals (Proposed, 2026-06) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 1345 — Optional municipal moratorium on high impact data centers (Proposed, 2026-07) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 1359 — Statewide three-year hyperscale data center moratorium (Proposed, 2026-06) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 2533 — An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional (Proposed, 2026-05) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 2650 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tax credit and tax benefit administration (Proposed, 2026-06) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 1384 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tax credit and tax benefit administration (Proposed, 2026-07) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 2198 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, repealing provisions relating to Computer Data Center Equipment (Proposed, 2026-06) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB1667 — In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax and for establishment (Proposed, 2026-06) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 2532 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, repealing provisions relating to computer data center equipment (Proposed, 2026-05) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania (statewide moratorium proposal) — Pennsylvania: Proposes a three-year moratorium on hyperscale data center construction including associated power generation and transmission infrastructure. (Proposed, 2026-02) wvia.org →
• Pennsylvania · HB 1834 — Pennsylvania's first-ever data center regulatory framework (HB 1834) passed the House 104-95 on March 24, 2026. (Proposed, 2026-03) cityandstatepa.com →
• Pennsylvania · SB 1460 — An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data (Proposed, 2026-09) palegis.us →
• Rhode Island · H7695 — Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island. (Proposed, 2026-05) status.rilegislature.gov →
• South Carolina · HJR 5526 — Data Center Moratorium (joint resolution) (Proposed, 2026-04) scstatehouse.gov →
• South Carolina · S 867 — Data Center Development Act (Proposed, 2026-04) scstatehouse.gov →
• South Carolina · S 902 — Data center siting permits through the PSC (Proposed, 2026) scstatehouse.gov →
• South Dakota · HB1301 — Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium. (Proposed, 2026-02) sdlegislature.gov →
• Tennessee · SB 2584 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has (Proposed, 2026-04) wapp.capitol.tn.gov →
• Texas · SB2888 — Relating to the temporary sales and use tax exemptions for certain tangible personal property related to data centers and large data center projects. (Proposed, 2025-04) capitol.texas.gov →
• Virginia · HB 1515 — Temporary moratorium on local data center approvals (Proposed, 2026-02) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · HB 153 — High Energy Use Facility siting permit (Proposed, 2026-01) virginiamercury.com →
• Virginia · SB465 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers. (Proposed, 2026-02) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · HB 116 — Retail Sales and Use tax; exemption for data centers. (Proposed, 2024-11) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · SB 192 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; certain exemption for data centers. (Proposed, 2024-11) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · HB 1546 — Data centers; sales and use tax exemption for certain equipment or enabling software. (Proposed, 2024-11) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · HB 2715 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, definitions. (Proposed, 2025-02) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · HB 2685 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; commercial & industrial exemptions for data centers in Northern Virginia. (Proposed, 2025-02) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · — Microsoft appeal of data center transmission costs order (Proposed, 2026-09) utilitydive.com →
• Virginia · — Virginia Takes Aim at Data Center Development, Energy Use (Proposed, 2026-09) govtech.com →
• Virginia · — Spanberger proposes by-right approval ban for data centers (Proposed, 2026-09) virginiabusiness.com →
• Virginia · — Spanberger presents slate of data center regulation proposals, puts first directives in motion (Proposed, 2026-09) virginiamercury.com →
• Virginia · — Spanberger proposes slate of data center regulations, puts first directives in motion (Proposed, 2026-09) marylandmatters.org →
• Washington · HB 2515 — Clean energy procurement and cost obligations (Proposed, 2026) afslaw.com →
• Washington · HB 2655 — Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders (Proposed, 2026-02) app.leg.wa.gov →
• Washington · HB 2708 — Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers. (Proposed, 2026-01) app.leg.wa.gov →
• Wisconsin · Wisconsin (statewide PSC rate hearing) — Wisconsin: Two Wisconsin PSC dockets address data center rate structures. (Proposed, 2026-02) psc.wi.gov →
• Wyoming · Wyoming (statewide) — Wyoming faces 12.8 GW of announced data center projects that would more than double statewide electrical demand, sparking fears of soaring residential electric (Proposed, 2026-01) cowboystatedaily.com →
• Alabama · SB 354 — Alabama: In Alabama, SB 354 would impose a one-year moratorium on construction of new large-scale solar power facilities, Prompted by opposition (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) alreporter.com →
• Alaska · HB 259 — Alaska HB 259 (introduced January 2026 by Rep. Donna Mears) would require large energy facilities (peak demand ≥20 MW) to enter community benefit agreements (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) akleg.gov →
• Arizona · HB 2631 — Arizona: Governor Katie Hobbs called for repealing data center tax incentives which cost Arizona approximately $38.5 million per year. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) azleg.gov →
• Arizona · HB 2795 — Arizona: In Arizona, HB 2795 would prohibit counties (<500K pop) from denying zoning approval for small modular reactors after federal design certification (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) azleg.gov →
• Arizona · SB 1463 — Arizona SB 1463 (Sen. Priya Sundareshan, D - Senate Minority Leader) would repeal the state's transaction privilege and use tax exemption for qualifying large (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) azgovernor.gov →
• Arkansas · HB 1476 — TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR ELECTRICITY SOLD TO A DATA CENTER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (Failed / vetoed, 2023-05) arkleg.state.ar.us →
• Arkansas · HB 1654 — TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR DATA CENTERS; AND TO PROVIDE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT, DATA CENTER COSTS (Failed / vetoed, 2023-04) arkleg.state.ar.us →
• California · AB 222 — California Assembly Bill 222 would require data center operators to report energy consumption and efficiency metrics, including Power Usage Effectiveness (Failed / vetoed, 2026-08) leginfo.legislature.ca.gov →
• California · — Bill to create California PUC inspector general (Failed / vetoed, 2026-09) utilitydive.com →
• Colorado · SB 26-102 — Large-load data-center conditions (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) leg.colorado.gov →
• Colorado · HB 1030 — Colorado: In Colorado, HB 1030 would offer a 100% state sales and use tax exemption for 20 years (extendable to 30) for data center operators investing (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) leg.colorado.gov →
• Connecticut · SB 245 — Repeal of data center tax incentives (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) ctmirror.org →
• Connecticut · SB 1292 — Connecticut enacted SB 1292, requiring AI data center owners and operators to submit quarterly reports to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental (Failed / vetoed, 2025-01) legiscan.com →
• Connecticut · SB 79 — AN ACT ELIMINATING THE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR QUALIFIED DATA CENTERS. (Failed / vetoed, 2024-02) cga.ct.gov →
• Delaware · SB 353 — Defeated statewide moratorium on data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-06) legis.delaware.gov →
• Florida · HB 1007 — Florida HB 1007 (2026) regulates data center siting and operations by: (1) limiting the use of non-disclosure agreements in local permitting (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) flhouse.gov →
• Florida · HB 1517 — Florida SB 1517, 'Approval of Data Center Facilities,' sponsored by Rep. Joseph, required developers to disclose projected energy, water, carbon emissions (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) flsenate.gov →
• Florida · SB 1118 — Florida SB 1118 creates a public records exemption allowing local governments to keep data center siting plans confidential for up to 12 months when requested (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) flsenate.gov →
• Georgia · HB 1012 — One-year data center construction moratorium (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) wabe.org →
• Georgia · SB 410 — Phase-out of data center tax breaks (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) georgiawatch.org →
• Georgia · Georgia (statewide) — Georgia: Requires electric utilities and new data centers (100+ MWH peak annual demand) to agree on contract terms that shield other power customers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legis.ga.gov →
• Georgia · HB 559 — Georgia HB 559 would accelerate the sunset date for the state's data center sales and use tax exemption program, ending tax breaks for new data centers by 2026 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legis.ga.gov →
• Georgia · SB 408 — Georgia: SB 408, sponsored by Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta), would move the sunset date for Georgia's data center sales and use tax exemption from January 1 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legis.ga.gov →
• Georgia · SB34 — Georgia SB34 would have prohibited data center fuel generation and transmission costs from being included in residential electricity rates (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) legis.ga.gov →
• Georgia · SB436 — Georgia SB436 suspends new sales and use tax exemptions for data centers from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and prohibits local governments from entering (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legis.ga.gov →
• Georgia · HB 1059 — Georgia HB 1059 (Rep. Derrick Jackson D-Tyrone) would have established a moratorium on new data center construction from July 1, 2026 through December 31 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) legiscan.com →
• Georgia · HB 1192 — Sales and use tax; certain high-technology data center equipment; prohibit issuance of new certificates of exemption (Failed / vetoed, 2024-05) webservices.legis.ga.gov →
• Idaho · H0739 — Idaho: Bipartisan bill H0739 would limit sales tax exemptions to data center-specific equipment (excluding construction materials), sunset the exemption (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Idaho · HB 756 — Idaho HB 756 (Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen R-Idaho Falls), introduced February 2026, would prohibit the Idaho PUC from approving any new customer requiring 20+ MW (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Idaho · HB 874 — Idaho: HB 874, introduced by Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen (R-Idaho Falls), would prevent Idaho's Public Utilities Commission from approving any new customer (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legislature.idaho.gov →
• Illinois · SB 4004 — Illinois: In Illinois, SB 4004 would permanently ban data centers from using Mahomet Aquifer groundwater, The sole-source drinking water for ~1 million people (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) ilga.gov →
• Indiana · HB 1333 — Conditions and limits on data center tax exemptions (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) yahoo.com →
• Iowa · HF 2447 — Iowa HF 2447, proposed by Rep. Cindy Golding (R-Cedar Rapids), creates new reporting requirements and utility rate structures for data centers. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) axios.com →
• Kansas · SB 531 — Ban on new large data centers in drought counties (Failed / vetoed, 2026-07) servercountry.org →
• Kansas · SB 400 — Kansas SB 400 would require data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems (no water evaporation) and authorize municipalities, local district attorneys (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) kslegislature.gov →
• Kansas · SB 526 — Kansas: SB 526 adds a zoning requirement to Kansas's existing SB 98 data center sales tax exemption program, mandating that data centers must be located (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) kslegislature.gov →
• Kansas · HB 2450 — Substitute for HB 2450 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) kslegislature.org →
• Kansas · SB 545 — Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) kslegislature.org →
• Kentucky · HB 544 — Kentucky: Prohibits utilities from serving data centers with 100+ MW aggregate contract capacity unless the Public Service Commission approves a specific (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) apps.legislature.ky.gov →
• Kentucky · HB 593 — Kentucky: HB 593 (Rep. Josh Bray, R) requires data centers to cover transmission and infrastructure costs, generate their own power or purchase on the open (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) lpm.org →
• Maine · LD 307 — Maine Data Center Coordination Council; temporary limitation on data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) maine.gov →
• Maine · Vetoed statewide moratorium on data centers — Vetoed statewide moratorium on data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) rockinst.org →
• Maine · Maine (statewide) — Maine: Governor Janet Mills VETOED LD 307 on April 24, 2026, "An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) maine.gov →
• Maryland · HB 120 — Moratorium on construction of new data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026) mgaleg.maryland.gov →
• Maryland · HB 1595 — Maryland HB1595 authorizes Baltimore City and county governing bodies to establish a special personal property tax subclass for qualified data centers and set (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) mgaleg.maryland.gov →
• Maryland · HB 560 — Maryland HB 560 (Del. Palakovich Karr, D - Ways & Means) would repeal the existing exemption from sales/use tax and property tax for personal property used (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) stateline.org →
• Maryland · HB 905 — Sales and Use Tax Exemption, Qualified Data Center Personal Property, Eligibility (Failed / vetoed, 2024-02) mgaleg.maryland.gov →
• Maryland · HB 1411 — Maryland: In Maryland, HB 1411 would require large-scale data center operators to report environmental and resource impacts publicly. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) legiscan.com →
• Massachusetts · Senate amendment — Proposed one-year data-center moratorium (Failed / vetoed, 2026-07) commonwealthbeacon.org →
• Massachusetts · Massachusetts House (rejects Rep. Pease budget amendment for data center impact study commission) — Massachusetts House rejected without debate a Republican budget amendment (Rep. Kelly Pease) that would have created a commission to study data centers' (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) agencychecklists.com →
• Minnesota · SF 4298 — Minnesota SF 4298, introduced by Sen. Jennifer McEwen (DFL-Duluth), would establish a temporary statewide moratorium on new data centers by barring state (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF4077 — Minnesota: Bipartisan bill HF4077/SF4379 to ban local government officials from signing NDAs with data center developers is advancing through both chambers. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) keyc.com →
• Minnesota · HF 4929 — Data center sales and use tax exemption modified. (Failed / vetoed, 2024-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · SF 4983 — Data centers sales and use tax exemption modification (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF 1431 — Qualified data center tax exemption provided. (Failed / vetoed, 2013-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · HF 3194 — Qualified data center sales and use tax exemptions modified. (Failed / vetoed, 2014-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · SF 2934 — Sales tax exemption for data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2014-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Minnesota · SF 868 — Qualified data centers sales tax exemption expansion (Failed / vetoed, 2013-03) revisor.mn.gov →
• Mississippi · HB 1239 — Data center enterprises; revise certain definitions and other provisions relating to tax exemptions. (Failed / vetoed, 2025-03) billstatus.ls.state.ms.us →
• Mississippi · HB 1635 — Mississippi: In Mississippi, HB 1635 was introduced to redirect 80% of local ad-valorem taxes collected above $1B from large projects (including data centers) (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legiscan.com →
• Mississippi · SB 3106 — Tax exemptions; revise qualifying standards for business enterprises operating data centers. (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) billstatus.ls.state.ms.us →
• Mississippi · HB 1429 — Tax exemptions; revise the requirements that a data center must meet to be eligible for. (Failed / vetoed, 2019-03) billstatus.ls.state.ms.us →
• Missouri · HB 3362 — Missouri has multiple data center bills (proposed by Google / Meta / Metrobloks). (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) house.mo.gov →
• Nebraska · LB 1131 — Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act and eliminate personal property tax and sales and use tax exemptions (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) nebraskalegislature.gov →
• Nebraska · LB 468 — Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-04) nebraskalegislature.gov →
• Nebraska · LB 1319 — Eliminate a sales and use tax exemption relating to data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) nebraskalegislature.gov →
• Nebraska · LB 209 — Provide tax exemptions relating to data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) nebraskalegislature.gov →
• New Hampshire · HB 1265 — One-year data center construction moratorium (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) legiscan.com →
• New Hampshire · HB 1724 — New Hampshire: In New Hampshire, HB 1724, Sponsored by Rep. Wendy Thomas, Requires public utilities to submit annual reports detailing transmission costs (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) legiscan.com →
• New Jersey · A5462 — New Jersey: Directs electric public utilities to file a new tariff for large load customers (100+ MW/month) with the BPU, designed to ensure non-data-center (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) newjerseymonitor.com →
• New Jersey · A 4033 — Establishes program in EDA providing tax credits and exemptions to certain qualified data centers. (Failed / vetoed, 2017-01) njleg.state.nj.us →
• New Mexico · SB 235 — New Mexico: SB 235 (Microgrid Oversight Act) would have required the Public Regulation Commission to develop rules for any microgrid producing more than 20 MW (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) sourcenm.com →
• North Dakota · SB 2406 — Penalties for data center nondisclosure agreements (Failed / vetoed, 2026-09) northdakotamonitor.com →
• North Dakota · Data center permitting moratorium (September 2026 special session, not introduced) — Proposed temporary pause on data center permitting through June 2027 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-09) inforum.com →
• North Dakota · SB 2137 — Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software purchased for use in a qualified data center (Failed / vetoed, 2021-04) ndlegis.gov →
• North Dakota · SB 2155 — Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software purchased for use in a qualified data center (Failed / vetoed, 2021-02) ndlegis.gov →
• Oklahoma · HB 4424 — Sunset of data center tax incentives (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) oklegislature.gov →
• Oklahoma · SB 1488 — Moratorium on new data centers until Nov 1 2029 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) legiscan.com →
• Oregon · SB 1586 — Oregon: SB 1586, which would have brought 373 acres of rural land into Hillsboro's UGB for tech industries, was shelved. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) opb.org →
• Pennsylvania · HB 1282 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program (Failed / vetoed, 2023-09) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 654 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax (Failed / vetoed, 2024-07) palegis.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 952 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax (Failed / vetoed, 2021-06) legis.state.pa.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 1301 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program (Failed / vetoed, 2022-06) legis.state.pa.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 463 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in computer data center equipment incentive program (Failed / vetoed, 2021-06) legis.state.pa.us →
• Pennsylvania · SB 471 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program (Failed / vetoed, 2019-04) legis.state.pa.us →
• Pennsylvania · HB 1088 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program (Failed / vetoed, 2019-12) legis.state.pa.us →
• Rhode Island · S2776 — Data-center grid-cost and water guardrails (Failed / vetoed, 2026-06) webserver.rilegislature.gov →
• Rhode Island · HB 6476 — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- QUALIFIED DATA CENTERS LOCATION INCENTIVE (Establishes incentives for property sales and use tax exemptions) (Failed / vetoed, 2021-06) status.rilegislature.gov →
• South Carolina · H 5286 — Data Center Moratorium (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) scstatehouse.gov →
• South Dakota · SB 232 — One-year hyperscale data center moratorium (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legiscan.com →
• Tennessee · SB 2653 — Tennessee: SB2653 creates the Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act, establishing a formal review process for data center impacts on communities (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) wapp.capitol.tn.gov →
• Tennessee · SB 2266 — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, specifies that any entity that qualifies for exemption as a spallation neutron source facility will not be eligible for a sales (Failed / vetoed, 2018-05) wapp.capitol.tn.gov →
• Vermont · S.205 / H.727 — Moratorium on new data centers until 2030 (Failed / vetoed, 2026-05) legislature.vermont.gov →
• Virginia · Rejected statewide moratorium on data centers — Rejected statewide moratorium on data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-08) valawyersweekly.com →
• Virginia · HB 503 — Virginia: Prohibits Virginia utilities from recovering costs of transmission lines and energy generation serving data centers over 100 MW from residential (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) vpm.org →
• Virginia · SB 393 — Virginia SB 393, the Virginia's Great Outdoors Act (companion HB 641), was defeated in February 2026. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) multistate.us →
• Virginia · SB 619 — Virginia SB 619 / HB 155 requires a State Corporation Commission certificate before data centers over 90 MW can operate. (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) vpm.org →
• Virginia · SB 1294 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; removes June 30, 2035, sunset on local exemption for data centers. (Failed / vetoed, 2023-02) lis.virginia.gov →
• Virginia · SB 1425 — Data centers; expands sales and use tax exemption. (Failed / vetoed, 2021-03) lis.virginia.gov →
• Washington · HB 1459 — Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. (Failed / vetoed, 2022-01) apps.leg.wa.gov →
• Washington · SB 5262 — Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. (Failed / vetoed, 2022-02) apps.leg.wa.gov →
• Washington · HB 2962 — Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. (Failed / vetoed, 2020-03) apps.leg.wa.gov →
• West Virginia · SB 658 — West Virginia: Would restore local government control over data center siting in West Virginia, reversing HB 2014, the Power Generation and Consumption Act (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) mountainstatespotlight.org →
• Wisconsin · AB 1099 / SB 1061 — Moratorium on operation of data centers (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) docs.legis.wisconsin.gov →
• Wisconsin · AB 840 — Wisconsin AB 840 / SB 843 (Rep. Shannon Zimmerman R-River Falls, Sen. Romaine Quinn R-Birchwood), a GOP-led data center bill, passed the Assembly in January (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) docs.legis.wisconsin.gov →
• Wisconsin · SB 244 — Relating to: modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE) (Failed / vetoed, 2026-03) docs.legis.wisconsin.gov →
• Wisconsin · Wisconsin — Wisconsin: Senate Bill 969, authored by Sen. Andre Jacque (R-New Franken), would prohibit NDAs between data center companies and municipalities (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) wpr.org →
• Wisconsin · SB 729 — Wisconsin SB 729 / AB 722, the Data Center Accountability Act, authored by Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin (D-Whitefish Bay) and Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) (Failed / vetoed, 2026-01) wisconsinexaminer.com →
• Wisconsin · AB 302 — Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for data center equipment or software. (FE) (Failed / vetoed, 2024-04) docs.legis.wisconsin.gov →
• Wyoming · HB0090 — Wyoming HB0090 would have appropriated $500K to the State Engineer to study how large-scale industrial water use by data centers, carbon capture (Failed / vetoed, 2026-02) legiscan.com →
• Wyoming · HB 88 — Data center tax exemption-repeal. (Failed / vetoed, 2021-04) lso.wyoleg.gov →

Local & county measures

1115 measures across 49 states