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MD-HB 120 — Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency

Prohibiting a person from constructing a data center in the State; prohibiting a unit of State or local government from approving a proposal for the construction of a data center in the State; providing for the termination of the Act if the General Assembly enacts legislation regarding the co-location of data centers with a new or existing natural gas power generation facility, nuclear power generation facility, or small module reactor; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionMarylandState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-02-03In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Moratorium

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Energy · Siting & Land Use

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Fisher

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NJ-S4659New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeRequires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.MoratoriumPA-SB1345Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers.Moratorium · Siting & Land UseNJ-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.MoratoriumIF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersMoratorium · Energy · Siting & Land Use
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Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency

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Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 1Documented 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 summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordMD-HB 120Moratorium on Construction …MD-HB 120: Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation ContingencyPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionMarylandState policy jurisdictionMaryland: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorFisherpersonFisher: personPolicy familyMoratorium on Construc…MDMoratorium on Construction of New Data Centers - Co-Location and Generation Contingency: MD

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