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IL-HB5755 — MUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFERENDUM

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, before a municipality grants an application for siting approval of a data center the corporate authorities of a municipality in which the facility will be located or the zoning board of appeals for the municipality shall hold at least one public hearing. Provides that notice of a public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation. Provides that the siting of a data center shall be subject to back-door referendum. Provides that a back-door refe…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionIllinoisState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-05Referred to Rules Committee
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Community participation · Siting & permitting

Gives affected residents a formal voice — hearings, comment periods, or benefit agreements — before or as a project proceeds. Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project.

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Formal policy pathway

Jed Davis

sponsored: Jed Davis

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Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

MI-SB 1051Michigan · Introduced / in committeeBusinesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1050'26Community participation · Siting & permitting · Siting & Land UseIF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersCommunity participation · Siting & permitting · Certification & StandardsMA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentCommunity participation · Siting & permitting · Siting & Land UseHRES-1471United States · Introduced / in committeeExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every American and community impacted by the construction or operation of an artificial intelligence data center should have the right to transparency and local autonomy.Community participation · Siting & permitting
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MUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFERENDUM

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summarysignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordIL-HB5755MUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFEREN…IL-HB5755: MUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFERENDUMPolicy themeCertification & Standa…Explicit record textCertification & Standards: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismCommunity participationText-derived policy signalCommunity participation: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionIllinoisState policy jurisdictionIllinois: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJed DavispersonJed Davis: personPolicy familyMUNI CD-DATA CENTER RE…ILMUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFERENDUM: IL

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