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KY-SB319 — AN ACT relating to data centers.

Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "data center"; provide that the requirements of the section only apply to data centers constructed on agricultural land; require a data center owner to file a decommissioning plan with the Energy and Environment Cabinet prior to operating the data center; provide for the minimum requirements of the decommissioning plan, including requiring a surety bond or similar security to guarantee the decommissioning of the data center; amend KRS 154.20-229 to…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionKentuckyState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-0203/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Tax incentive / clawback · Water standard

Lowers the public cost of building a data center, and can attach conditions or clawbacks that recover the benefit if commitments are not met. Measures or limits how much water a data center draws for cooling, and how local scarcity is weighed in approvals.

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L. Tichenor

sponsored: L. Tichenor

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IF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersTax incentive / clawback · Water standard · EnergyNJ-A5482New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeEstablishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.Tax incentive / clawbackPA-HB2359Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn 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, further providing for definitions, for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax refund program, for notification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax exemption program and for notification and records.Tax incentive / clawback · Tax IncentivesS-4214United States · Introduced / in committeeArtificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActWater standard · Energy · Water
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AN ACT relating to data centers.

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Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy 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 summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordKY-SB319AN ACT relating to data cen…KY-SB319: AN ACT relating to data centers.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeTax IncentivesExplicit record textTax Incentives: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismTax incentive / clawba…Text-derived policy signalTax incentive / clawback: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismWater standardText-derived policy signalWater standard: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionKentuckyState policy jurisdictionKentucky: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorL. TichenorpersonL. Tichenor: personPolicy familyAN ACT relating to dat…KYAN ACT relating to data centers.: KY

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