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PA-SB 1460 — An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.

An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionPennsylvaniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-09-24Referred to Local Government
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Moratorium · Siting & permitting

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.

02
Issues named in the record

Siting & Land Use

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

03
Formal policy pathway

BROWN

sponsored: BROWN

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PA-SB 1460 evidence graph

An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.

8 nodes · 7 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 1Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly 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 recordPA-SB 1460An Act amending the act of …PA-SB 1460: An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.Policy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionPennsylvaniaState policy jurisdictionPennsylvania: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorBROWNpersonBROWN: personPolicy familyAn Act amending the ac…PAAn Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.: PA

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