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Pennsylvania HB2246

Pennsylvania HB2246 is in committee.

This bill adds data center water use regulations to Pennsylvania's state water planning framework, requiring covered data centers to comply with water resource rules. It establishes new oversight and likely reporting or permitting requirements for how data centers consume water.

Recorded sponsors: Joseph Webster, Benjamin Waxman, James Prokopiak, Carol Hill-Evans.

Official title

In water resources planning, further providing for State water plan and providing for covered data centers; and promulgating regulations.

Bill details

Stage
In committee
Policy area
Data Centers
Party origin
Democrat
Sponsors
Joseph Webster, Benjamin Waxman, James Prokopiak, Carol Hill-Evans
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Focus areas

Topics this bill touches, used to group it with related legislation.

  • Water Consumption
  • Water Infrastructure
  • Environmental Review
  • Local Zoning

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How would Pennsylvania HB2246 change data-center development in Pennsylvania?

Records current as of . The bill text and legislative history are linked below.