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CA-AB2469 — Data centers: water use disclosures.

An act to add Section 65964.7 to the Government Code, relating to water.

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionCaliforniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-09-21Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2026.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Water standard

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. Measures or limits how much water a data center draws for cooling, and how local scarcity is weighed in approvals.

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Issues named in the record

Water

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

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Formal policy pathway

Diane Papan

sponsored: Diane Papan

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CA-AB2469 evidence graph

Data centers: water use disclosures.

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 2Documented 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 classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals 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 recordCA-AB2469Data centers: water use dis…CA-AB2469: Data centers: water use disclosures.Policy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismWater standardText-derived policy signalWater standard: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionCaliforniaState policy jurisdictionCalifornia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorDiane PapanpersonDiane Papan: personPolicy familyData centers: water us…CAData centers: water use disclosures.: CA

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