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KS-SB 531 — AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.

AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionKansasState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-09Listed by Kansas Legislature RSS
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permitting

Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades. 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.

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Issues named in the record

Energy · Siting & Land Use

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AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.

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Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 2Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified 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 recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordKS-SB 531AN ACT concerning data cent…KS-SB 531: AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterAI-assisted policy themeWater: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionKansasState policy jurisdictionKansas: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourcePolicy familyAN ACT concerning data…KSAN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.: KS

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KS-SB 531member of familyAN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.

exact title companion · Basis: exact normalized title within KS, session 2025-2026 · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗