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HB 6426 — Data Center Local Decision Protection Act

Proposed legislation that would create the Data Center Local Decision Protection Act for large-scale data centers. The introduced bill sets a 25-megawatt critical IT-load or 50-megawatt electrical-demand threshold, requires public disclosure of specified project information, allows local governments to consider cumulative impacts and require enforceable agreements, and establishes judicial-review and civil-fine provisions.[1]

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Source status: Proposed — introduced; referred to House Government Operations Committee; tie-barred to HB 6427