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VA-HB1515 — Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.

Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium. Prohibits final approval of any application for a rezoning, special exception, special use permit, site plan, or plan of development for the siting of a new data center by a locality until the earlier of (i) the fulfillment of all pending requests for interconnection to distribution service by an electric utility customer that is a data center or (ii) July 1, 2028.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionVirginiaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-07-21Continued from last session
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permitting

Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades. Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers. 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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Formal policy pathway

Irene Shin

sponsored: Irene Shin

Comparable precedents

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Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

IF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersGrid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permittingFL-S0484Florida · Enacted or issuedData CentersGrid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permittingFL-H1007Florida · Introduced / in committeeData CentersGrid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permittingKS-SB 531Kansas · Introduced / in committeeAN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permitting
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VA-HB1515 evidence graph

Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.

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 summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summarysignals 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 recordVA-HB1515Local approval of data cent…VA-HB1515: Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionVirginiaState policy jurisdictionVirginia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorIrene ShinpersonIrene Shin: personPolicy familyLocal approval of data…VALocal approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.: VA

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