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SD-HB 1246 — prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.
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Disclosure & reporting · Moratorium
Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers.
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Hughes
sponsored: Hughes
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MA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentDisclosure & reporting · Moratorium→NY-A09086New York · Introduced / in committeeRelates to the regulation of energy consumption by data centersDisclosure & reporting · Moratorium→NY-S06394New York · Introduced / in committeeRelates to the regulation of energy consumption by data centersDisclosure & reporting · Moratorium→S-4214United States · Introduced / in committeeArtificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActDisclosure & reporting · Moratorium→
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prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.
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SD-HB 1246classified underCertification & Standards
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246classified underEnergy
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246classified underRatepayer
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246classified underSiting & Land Use
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246signals mechanismDisclosure & reporting
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246signals mechanismMoratorium
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246applies inSouth Dakota
Jurisdiction recorded for this source type · Basis: stored source metadata · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246documented byState
Original source URL stored with the policy record · Basis: primary source link · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246sponsoredHughes
Named sponsor in the tracked public record · Basis: stored metadataInspect supporting source ↗SD-HB 1246member of familyprohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.
exact title companion · Basis: exact normalized title within SD, session 2026 · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗