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Policy Position Evidence

Map dated sponsorships, votes, official statements, and executive actions on data center policy, with position changes preserved over time.

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686 evidence items

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Cromer, Gilreath, Oremus, Chumley, White, Reese, Lawson and Atkinson

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

SC-H 4583 · The South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act

Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Observed
2026-02-18
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Moratorium or pause actionSource-linked record metadata

Erin Healy

Sponsored a tracked moratorium or pause measure

SD-HB1301 · Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium.

Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Observed
2026-02-18
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
advancing
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Howard

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

SD-SB 127 · limit nuisances caused by data centers.

Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Observed
2026-02-18
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Moratorium or pause actionSource-linked record metadata

Howard

Sponsored a tracked moratorium or pause measure

SD-SB232 · impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.

Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Observed
2026-02-18
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Lewis Young

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

MD-SB 427 · Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers

Jurisdiction
Maryland
Observed
2026-02-18
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Green

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

WV-HB 5590 · Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia.

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Observed
2026-02-16
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Kimble

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

WV-HB 5620 · To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Observed
2026-02-16
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Hornberger

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

MD-HB 1595 · Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Personal Property of Data Centers

Jurisdiction
Maryland
Observed
2026-02-15
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Chris Burdick

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

NY-A10216 · Repeals paragraph 37 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law and subdivision (y) of section 1115 of the tax law relating to sale and use taxes with respect to data centers

Jurisdiction
New York
Observed
2026-02-12
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Clinton

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

OK-HB3394 · Hyperscale data centers; Oklahoma Hyperscale Data Center Directory Act; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; directory; electrical utilities; water providers; effective date.

Jurisdiction
Oklahoma
Observed
2026-02-12
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Moratorium or pause actionSource-linked record metadata

John Chilton McAuliff

Sponsored a tracked moratorium or pause measure

VA-HB503 · Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-12
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Palakovich Carr

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

MD-HB560 · Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal

Jurisdiction
Maryland
Observed
2026-02-12
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Moratorium or pause actionSource-linked record metadata

Richard H. Stuart

Sponsored a tracked moratorium or pause measure

VA-SB466 · Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-12
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

IA-HSB 727 · A bill for an act relating to investment requirements for data center businesses that claim certain sales tax exemptions and sales and use tax refunds.(See HF 2688.)

Jurisdiction
Iowa
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

David A. Reid

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

VA-HB1132 · Data center tax revenue; creates local residential renewable energy incentive program.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Jessica Anderson

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

VA-HB784 · RS and UT; commercial and industrial exemptions, disclosure of data center operator exemption.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Josh Hawley

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

S-3852 · GRID Act

Jurisdiction
Missouri
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Paul E. Krizek

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

VA-HB641 · Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Richard Blumenthal

Cosponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

S-3852 · GRID Act

Jurisdiction
Federal or not recorded
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
cosponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Roger Marshall

Cosponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

S-3852 · GRID Act

Jurisdiction
Federal or not recorded
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
cosponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Vivian Watts

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

VA-HB961 · Retail Sales and Use Tax; commercial and industrial exemptions, data centers.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-11
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Rankin and Devine

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

SC-S 902 · Data Centers

Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Observed
2026-02-10
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Revenue and Taxation Committee

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

ID-H0609 · Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a property tax exemption for certain capital investments.

Jurisdiction
Idaho
Observed
2026-02-10
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Richard H. Stuart

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

VA-SB417 · Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-10
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Russet Perry

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

VA-SB393 · Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-10
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
other
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Kimberly Du Buclet

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

IL-HB4989 · DATA CENTER HEATING/COOLING

Jurisdiction
Illinois
Observed
2026-02-06
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Ormsby

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

WA-HB2655 · Providing a retail sales and use tax exemption for the construction and equipping of new data centers located in a county east of the Cascades that borders another state and has a population of at least 500,000.

Jurisdiction
Washington
Observed
2026-02-06
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Kevin Volk

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

AZ-HB 2949 · energy costs; large data centers

Jurisdiction
Arizona
Observed
2026-02-04
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

ROTHMAN

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

PA-SB939 · Establishing the Office of Transformation and Opportunity and the Artificial Intelligence, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox Program; and providing for powers and duties of office and for permits for high impact data centers that have their own power.

Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Observed
2026-02-04
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Tax incentive or clawback actionSource-linked record metadata

Roe Crabtree

Sponsored a tracked tax incentive or clawback measure

SD-HB 1005 · provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.

Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Observed
2026-02-04
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Chapman

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

OK-HB4194 · Data centers; Data Center Decommissioning Act; proper decommissioning; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; financial assurance; effective date.

Jurisdiction
Oklahoma
Observed
2026-02-03
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Requirements or safeguards actionSource-linked record metadata

Glen Sturtevant

Sponsored a tracked requirements or safeguards measure

VA-SB552 · Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.

Jurisdiction
Virginia
Observed
2026-02-02
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
inactive
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Rucker

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

WV-SB 695 · Department of Commerce rule relating to certification of microgrid district or certification as high impact data center

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Observed
2026-01-30
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Anders

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

WV-HB4948 · To create a buffer zone between a data center and residence, school or house of worship

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Observed
2026-01-29
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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Other documented policy actionSource-linked record metadata

Garcia

Sponsored a tracked data-center policy measure

WV-SB 658 · Relating to certified microgrid district projects and certified high impact data center projects

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Observed
2026-01-29
Evidence type
sponsored measure
Recorded direction
unclear
Legal state
introduced
Role
sponsored

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