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PA-SB1359 — An Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.

An Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionPennsylvaniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-06-04Referred to Local Government
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

01
How it operates

Moratorium · Siting & permitting

Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers. Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project.

02
Issues named in the record

Siting & Land Use

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

03
Formal policy pathway

Katie Muth

sponsored: Katie Muth

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PA-SB1359 evidence graph

An Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.

11 nodes · 10 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified 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 recordPA-SB1359An Act imposing a Statewide…PA-SB1359: An Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.Policy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeWaterAI-assisted policy themeWater: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionPennsylvaniaState policy jurisdictionPennsylvania: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorKatie MuthpersonKatie Muth: personPolicy familyAn Act imposing a Stat…PAAn Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.: PA

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