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GA-HB1012 — Local government; construction or development of new data centers for a specified time; prohibit
Tracked record titled “Local government; construction or development of new data centers for a specified time; prohibit.” Latest source-reported action: House Second Readers
What the evidence says
Key findings
How it operates
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.
Formal policy pathway
Ruwa Romman
sponsored: Ruwa Romman
Comparable precedents
Related approaches worth comparing
Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.
PA-SB 1408Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.Disclosure & reporting · Moratorium→S-5658United States · Introduced / in committeeA bill to prohibit the construction of data centers on Federal land, and for other purposes.Disclosure & reporting · Moratorium→MA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentDisclosure & reporting · Moratorium→HR-10169United States · Introduced / in committeeTo prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.Disclosure & reporting · Moratorium→
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Local government; construction or development of new data centers for a specified time; prohibit
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GA-HB1012classified 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 ↗GA-HB1012signals mechanismDisclosure & reporting
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗GA-HB1012signals mechanismMoratorium
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗GA-HB1012sponsoredRuwa Romman
Named sponsor in the tracked public record · Basis: stored metadataInspect supporting source ↗GA-HB1012member of familyLocal government; construction or development of new data centers for a specified time; prohibit
exact title companion · Basis: exact normalized title within GA, session 2025-2026 · Observed 2026-10-13Inspect supporting source ↗