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IL-SB3120 — DCEO-DATA CENTERS
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a new or existing data center is a qualifying data center for purposes of the Act only if it provides in its application details regarding the water stewardship strategy used by it. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor on data center investments to provides details regarding the water stewardship strategies used b…
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Disclosure & reporting
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.
Water
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Laura M. Murphy
sponsored: Laura M. Murphy
1 connected record
IL-SB4203
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DCEO-DATA CENTERS
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IL-SB3120explicitly concernsWater
Theme named in the title or stored summary · Basis: explicit text match; not graph inference · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗IL-SB3120classified underCertification & Standards
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗IL-SB3120classified underTax Incentives
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗IL-SB3120signals mechanismDisclosure & reporting
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗IL-SB3120sponsoredLaura M. Murphy
Named sponsor in the tracked public record · Basis: stored metadataInspect supporting source ↗IL-SB3120member of familyDCEO-DATA CENTERS
exact title companion · Basis: exact normalized title within IL, session 2025-2026 · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗