2025 Bills of interest to Data Centers Bills
Updated 5/11/26 5:05 PM
Bills highlighted green were tracked this past week. Status cells highlighted yellow either had a status change this past week and/or have an upcoming hearing.
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Categories | Status & Upcoming Hearings | Position |
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| HF 28 (SF 1393) | Data Center Energy Generation Redundancy Provided. | Mekeland | Data Centers Oppose | Author added Murphy (3/13/25) |
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| SF 1393 (HF 28) | Data Center Energy Generation Redundancy Establishment | Mathews | Data Centers Oppose | Joint rule 3.02, returned to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (4/28/25) |
Oppose Joshua Lewis and Sarah Mooradian Testimony |
| HF 1109 (SF 608) | Data Centers Prohibited In Certain Districts. | Roach | Data Centers Tracking | Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations (2/19/25) |
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| SF 608 (HF 1109) | Data Centers In Certain Districts Prohibition Provision | Lieske | Data Centers Tracking | Author added McEwen (3/20/25) |
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| HF 1277 (SF 769) | Data Centers Sales And Use Tax Exemption Modified. | Davids | Data Centers Tracking Oppose | Author added Zeleznikar (3/6/25) |
Testimony to House Taxes Committee |
| SF 769 (HF 1277) | Certain Data Centers Tax Exemption Modification | Hauschild | Data Centers Tracking Oppose | Referred to Taxes (1/30/25) |
Avonna Stark Testimony |
| HF 2862 | Certificate Of Need Exemption Provided To Certain Electric Generating Facilities. | Acomb | Data Centers | Author added Xiong (4/27/26) |
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| HF 2928 (SF 3968) | Preapplication Filings For Large Water Appropriation Projects Required, Permit Application Information For Large Water Appropriation Projects Added, Level Of Environmental Review For Data Centers Specified, Data Centers Exempted From Making Financial Contributions To An Energy Conservation And Optimization Plan, And Other Data Center Provisions Modified. | Acomb | Data Centers Tracking | Author added Jones (4/9/26) |
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| SF 3968 (HF 2928) | Data Centers Provisions Modification | McEwen | Data Centers Tracking | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (2/26/26) |
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| HF 3793 (SF 3852) (Data Center - Large Groundwater Users Bill) | Certain Users Of Large Amounts Of Groundwater Required To Apply For Their Own Water-use Permit Instead Of Modifying An Existing Municipal Permit. | Pursell | Data Centers Support | Authors added Repinski; Rehrauer; Curran; Xiong; Jordan; and Lee, F. (3/12/26) |
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| SF 3852 (HF 3793) (Data Center - Large Groundwater Users Bill) | Certain Users Of Large Amounts Of Groundwater Requirement To Apply For Their Own Water-use Permit Instead Of Modifying An Existing Municipal Permit | Johnson Stewart | Data Centers Support | Author added Kunesh (4/7/26) |
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| HF 4077 (SF 4379) (No NDAs for Municipalities) | Municipalities Prohibited From Entering Into Nondisclosure Agreements Or Contracts That Restrict The Municipality From Disclosing Information About Projects Using Public Funding. | Greenman | Data Centers Support | Authors added Rehm and Fischer (5/11/26) |
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| SF 4379 (HF 4077) (No NDAs for Municipalities) | Municipalities Prohibition From Entering Into Nondisclosure Agreements | Maye Quade | Data Centers Support | Second reading (4/7/26) |
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| HF 4173 (SF 4203) (Repeal of Data Center Tax Exemptions) | Certain Defined Terms Maintained, And Data Center Exemptions Modified. | Smith | Data Centers Support | Author added Kozlowski (5/6/26) |
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| SF 4203 (HF 4173) (Repeal of Data Center Tax Exemptions) | Exemption Of Data Centers Modification For Sales And Use Tax | Maye Quade | Data Centers Support | Author added Boldon (3/17/26) |
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| HF 4512 (SF 4296) (Public Hearings Required) | Public Hearings And Disclosures Prior To Approval Of Data Center Development Required. | Smith | Data Centers Support | Author added Jones (4/9/26) |
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| SF 4296 (HF 4512) (Public Hearings Required) | Public Hearings And Certain Disclosures Prior To Approval Of Data Center Development Requirement | Maye Quade | Data Centers Support | Second reading (3/18/26) |
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| HF 4888 (SF 4298) (Moratorium) | New Data Center Moratorium Established, And Public Utility Commission Required To Submit A Report. | Finke | Data Centers Support | Author added Fischer (5/5/26) |
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| SF 4298 (HF 4888) (Moratorium) | New Data Center Moratorium Established, And Public Utility Commission Required To Submit A Report | McEwen | Data Centers Support | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (3/9/26) |