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PA-SB 991 — An Act providing for a permitting process for data center siting; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.

An Act providing for a permitting process for data center siting; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionPennsylvaniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2025-09-05Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, Sept. 5, 2025
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Siting & permitting

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

Siting & Land Use

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

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Formal policy pathway

BARTOLOTTA

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PA-SB 991 evidence graph

An Act providing for a permitting process for data center siting; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 1Documented 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 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-SB 991An Act providing for a perm…PA-SB 991: An Act providing for a permitting process for data center siting; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.Policy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeWaterAI-assisted policy themeWater: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionPennsylvaniaState policy jurisdictionPennsylvania: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorBARTOLOTTApersonBARTOLOTTA: personPolicy familyAn Act providing for a…PAAn Act providing for a permitting process for data center siting; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.: PA

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