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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience Dec 3rd, 2025 at 01:30 pm

Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience

Transcript Highlights:
  • in 2020 that, you know, we did not factor in data centers.
  • new large loads such as data centers.
  • Basically, the power that is needed to serve the data centers or the efficiency of the way they use data
  • by data centers, just five.
  • So all the data on current workforce projections, wage Data on current workforce projections, wage calculations
Summary: The Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience opened by electing Senator Shewmake as chair and Representative Alex Ybarra as vice chair. Members then turned to a work session on data centers, transmission, and workforce issues, with the committee noting the statutory rotation of leadership and the urgency of these topics for 2026 and beyond. Kate Bruns and Glenn Blackman presented preliminary findings from the governor’s Data Center work group, which met from May through November and received more than 1,000 public comments. They said the group did not reach full consensus, but agreed Washington’s grid has limited excess capacity, data centers are expected to be a major source of future load growth, ratepayer protections and better load forecasting are important, and the state should preserve its energy and climate laws while seeking more clean power and transmission. They also described tribal consultation underway through the Department of Revenue, and noted that a proposed expansion of the data center sales tax exemption tied to new clean electricity narrowly failed and was left for the legislature to consider. The committee then heard from West Tech consultant Keegan Moyer on regional transmission planning. He described a broad Western transmission portfolio developed through interconnection-wide studies, including roughly 70-plus planned projects and additional upgrades totaling about 12,000 line miles and an estimated $56 billion. He said the West faces rapid load growth, reliability stress, and major transmission constraints, and that the portfolio is intended to support reliability, economic efficiency, and public policy goals. Members asked about crossing utility and market “seams,” state ownership or pre-permitting of corridors, and whether the process could speed interconnection delays; he said the main barriers are permitting, rights-of-way, and interconnection queues, not construction itself. Stephanie Scott then summarized the electrical transmission workforce needs study. She said the study focuses on substation technicians, line workers, and line clearance tree trimmers, and found that meeting Washington’s clean energy goals will require far more workers than current training pipelines produce. She emphasized that apprenticeship depends on active projects, that retirements are reducing experienced mentors, and that barriers such as costly CDL training, limited pre-apprenticeship access, and wraparound support needs must be addressed. The committee also heard from Brant Johnson of Grid United on barriers to new transmission, using the North Plains Connector as a case study. He described a long development process centered on early stakeholder engagement, tribal consultation, route changes, and coordinated federal and state permitting, and said the project has largely relied on private capital with a federal GRIP grant covering a portion of costs. Members discussed eminent domain, landowner compensation, financing, and whether similar approaches could help speed other transmission projects.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Mar 3rd, 2026 at 08:30 am

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • I see the data center as a worthwhile investment in our community.
  • My farm is located a half mile from one of the proposed data sites.
  • It's so close to one of the data center sites.
  • How many data centers do we need? Do you know how many data centers we have in the United States?
  • So remember, do you need a data center? Be sure.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Jan 12th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because this is not disaggregated data.
  • Is there a way to collect data?
  • I’m excited to say, as I compare even this year’s data to last year’s data, we have 40% fewer instances
  • When I analyzed our data, which I'll show you shortly, When I analyzed our data, which I'll show you
  • Here's an overview of our data.
Summary: The House Education Committee held a work session on reducing restraint and eliminating isolation in schools, then moved into a public hearing on House Bill 1795 and its proposed substitute. Chair Sharon Santos reviewed committee procedures and emphasized the short session timeline, then framed the discussion as part of a longer-running effort to address student restraint and isolation. Representative Callan, the bill sponsor, said the committee’s pilot and demonstration sites would help identify both benefits and implementation challenges for legislation. OSPI Acting Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs Misha Cherniski presented an update on the state’s demonstration project, saying it is in its third year and has $2 million per year in the current budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. He described intensive, targeted, and universal supports, including grants to pilot and demonstration districts, a technical assistance manual, and statewide professional learning. He reported that 68% of project sites saw reductions in restraint and isolation compared with the prior year, and said OSPI’s immediate policy recommendations are to extend prohibitions on dangerous restraints such as prone, supine, wall, mechanical, chemical, and noxious spray restraints, and to clarify the definition of “imminent likelihood of serious harm.” Committee members asked for more detailed disaggregated data by race, ethnicity, grade level, incident type, and sample size, and raised questions about authorized entities, student movement, and whether data captures incidents in nonpublic settings. Representatives from Auburn, Bainbridge Island, and Concrete school districts described how the grant-funded work has affected their districts. Auburn reported major reductions in isolation after removing its last isolation room, expanding behavior supports, and training staff through multiple professional development options; the district said the biggest challenge has been shifting staff mindset and navigating delayed access to vendors and grant systems. Bainbridge Island said it has used grant funds for universal staff training, administrator training, social-emotional MTSS work, and partnerships with multiple providers; it reported zero isolations and sharply reduced restraints, while noting the need to monitor nonpublic agencies closely. Concrete, a much smaller district, said the grant allowed it to hire a part-time BCBA, adopt Safety-Care training, and use OSPI’s manual and tracking tools, but staffing shortages and limited substitute coverage make it hard to attend demonstration sites or training in person. During the public hearing, the substitute bill was summarized as prohibiting certain restraints, banning isolation as a planned intervention, narrowing the definition of serious harm, and extending requirements to other providers of public educational services, while preserving lawful duties of school resource officers. Proponents included disability advocates, the Washington Education Association, and public school employees, who said the bill would reduce trauma and align practice with student safety and dignity. A parent testified about a child harmed by a room that was later used for involuntary confinement. A representative from a specialized learning center testified in opposition, arguing that a complete elimination of isolation for younger students could increase danger in some settings, that medical-provider requirements could be difficult to meet, and that specialized providers need broader exemptions. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Insurance Committee Jun 17th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so to do that more effectively, we have to collect better data.
  • data with DHCS and CDSS.
  • Members, this bill is really about three things: data selling, data sharing, and data processing.
  • It's about data selling, data sharing, and data processing.
  • So currently CCPA covers non-insurance transaction data.
Committee: House Insurance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • with other states, so that would allow us to actually get information from the data we're collecting
  • um as written in our testimony data um as written in our testimony we're<00:13:23.720><c> providing<
  • that's occurring in the state crime data that's occurring in the state um<00:13:40.120><c> lastly</c
  • with other states so that our state data with other states so that would<00:14:27.360><c> allow</c><
  • </c><00:14:29.880><c> we're</c> information from the data we're information from the data we're collecting
Summary: The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs met on its 3:15 p.m. reconsideration and hearing agenda. The committee first reconsidered SB 1379 on emergency preparedness and voted to pass it with amendments. The amendments would require HEMA to submit a report to the Legislature on a community readiness centers plan, including public and private sites, funding sources, partnerships, stakeholder coordination, and projected annual funding, due 20 days before the 2026 Legislature convenes. The committee also made technical and fiscal-related changes, including blanking out certain amounts in the bill and committee report while retaining recommended amounts there, and changing the effective date language. The committee then voted unanimously to adopt the amended recommendation. The committee heard SB 1364, which makes emergency appropriations for law enforcement personnel costs. The Department of Budget and Finance supported the bill but said the figures in oral testimony would be slightly higher than those in written testimony and that updated numbers would be emailed later in the week. Because the exact figures were not yet available, the chair deferred decision-making to February 7, 2025. The committee also heard SB 1451 on critical infrastructure, SB 1452 on the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, SB 1149 on hate crimes reporting, SB 1321 on the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, and SB 1341 on energy industry information reporting. For SB 1451, testimony was split, with support from state law enforcement and opposition from the Public First Law Center, which argued the information was already protected under existing law; the committee later adopted a motion to pass the bill with amendments, including a narrower definition of critical infrastructure information and a revised effective date. SB 1452 received support from law enforcement and prosecutors, with a requested cleanup amendment to correct a federal drug-name spelling issue; decision-making was postponed to allow the department to provide language. SB 1149 drew substantial testimony both for and against; supporters emphasized better hate-crime data collection and transparency, while opponents raised concerns about definitions and free speech. The committee adopted amendments and passed the bill, with the chair summarizing the move from the older UCR system to NIBRS and noting a public dashboard expected by September 30, 2025. SB 1321 was passed with amendments shortening the oversight coordinator term from four years to three years, though one senator voted with reservations in favor of a longer term. SB 1341 was passed as is after brief support testimony, and the committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The encampment resolution fund data happens quarterly.
  • Pulling all that data together at the state level creates opportunities.
  • I guess my first question that I'll start with is, is everyone's data in there?
  • Right, I'm looking for return on investment, so I do appreciate the data.
  • That rose to 1,242 people, a 14% increase in the most recent data year.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, it wasn't a data center.
  • </c> data centers are happening. data centers are happening. Right?
  • it's just a data center practice.
  • </c> rise to that level as the data centers. rise to that level as the data centers.
  • And I've had a little while to... just a data center practice. just a data center practice.
Bills: HF4077 , HF3809 , HF3639 , HF4478 , HF3363 , HF3874
Summary: The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved the minutes from March 25 and March 26, then took up House File 4077, a bipartisan bill authored by Representatives Greenman and Roach. The bill would prohibit municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements with private entities that restrict disclosure about land development, economic development, or publicly funded projects, while preserving existing Chapter 13 data practices rules and trade secret protections. The authors argued the bill is needed to prevent secret agreements and backroom decision-making that undermine public transparency, and they moved that the bill be re-referred to the general register. Several local officials and residents testified in support, including a St. Louis County commissioner, the mayor of Lonsdale, and residents from Farmington and Hermantown. Supporters said NDAs had been used in connection with data center and other development projects to keep elected officials and the public in the dark, eroding trust and limiting community input. They described the bill as a common-sense transparency measure and said existing law already protects legitimate trade secrets. Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Business Partnership, which argued that NDAs are often necessary in early-stage economic development discussions to protect sensitive business information and remain competitive with other states. They warned the bill could discourage investment, jobs, and tax growth, and said it would impose a one-size-fits-all state mandate that limits local discretion. Committee members then debated whether the bill was too broad and whether it should be narrowed to data centers; supporters responded that the issue extends beyond data centers to other forms of economic development. A roll call vote was requested on the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register, but the final vote result was not stated in the transcript excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Cradle to Career Data System is powered by linking longitudinal data that C2C receives from our data
  • latest regular data import, we received data from 16 data providers.
  • In our latest regular data import, we received data from 16 data providers across TK through 12 and higher
  • With data connecting that to the TK-12 data, the job training, earnings data, and social services take-up
  • We expect that the data dashboards, data reports, and data files we release to be useful across the state
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Sep 30th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • and then ultimately to using data.
  • A shared commitment to working together, both to collecting data and then ultimately to using data to
  • that's quality data and useful for practice... ...quality data and useful for practice.
  • We have so much data available.
  • and data sharing.
Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a work session on child welfare dependency, focusing on implementation of HB 1227 (Keeping Families Together) and SB 6109 (the fentanyl response bill), along with related data and system updates. DCYF first reviewed the dependency process, explaining intake, shelter care, fact-finding, disposition, and review hearings, and emphasized that removal standards are separate from service provision and that children may be in-home or out-of-home at different stages. DCYF said 1227 raised the removal threshold to imminent physical harm and strengthened kin placement, with nearly 60% of children now placed with relatives or suitable others. The department also said 6109 directs courts to give great weight to fentanyl’s lethality and added legal liaisons to support staff in court preparation. DCYF presented data showing that entries into out-of-home care declined after 1227 but rose again after 6109, returning close to pre-1227 levels. The agency also reported a sharp increase in reviewable critical incidents in 2022-2025, especially near-fatalities, which it linked to the opioid and fentanyl crisis, parental stress, and system complexity. DCYF said it has responded with statewide Safe Child Councils, staff consultations, hotspot monitoring, and additional training, and noted that some contracted services authorized under 6109 were not implemented because of fiscal constraints. Senators asked about where children are in the process, who participates in court, the timing of data releases, age breakdowns, and geographic hotspots. Advocates and lived-experience witnesses from LCYC and a family intervention clinic argued that 1227 has not prevented courts from removing children when necessary and said the law appropriately requires the state to show a causal link between home conditions and risk. They said 6109 appropriately highlights fentanyl’s danger, but stressed that the larger issue is lack of prevention and treatment resources, inconsistent county-by-county practice, and insufficient supports such as inpatient beds, family treatment, housing, transportation, and third-party safety plan participants. A parent ally described how early support, peer guidance, and kin placement helped her achieve recovery and stability after losing parental rights in an earlier case. The committee also heard an update on SB 6068 from the Administrative Office of the Courts and K Implementation and Evaluation. The report identified 15 dimensions of relational permanency and child well-being, found that some data already exist while other measures need development, and recommended a phased data collection plan, a restored data-sharing agreement between AOC and DCYF, and a standing cross-agency work group. AOC said its dependency data system lapsed when the prior agreement expired in June 2025 and needs to be rebuilt. The meeting also included a brief update on bridge housing for youth exiting inpatient treatment, with presenters saying two programs are now open, one in King County and one in Spokane, and a short introduction to juvenile rehabilitation capacity updates before the transcript ended.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/09/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We should approach data as though it is data.
  • The city council voted to approve some data centers.
  • We do not want that data center there.
  • Data center there because the city of Marana passed and allowed a data center to be built.
  • This is not about data centers.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Sep 29th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So really focusing on protecting, limiting the data being collected. By state law.
  • So really focusing on protecting, limiting the data being collected.
  • As you all know, DOL has a search data tool called DAPS, and I don't know...
  • So with contractors, et cetera, how data is being shared that could impact, again, not just... how data
  • and states that don't share data.
Summary: The Tribal Relations Committee held a work session on the Keep Washington Working Act, hearing first from the Office of the Attorney General and then the Office of the Governor, followed by testimony from the ACLU of Washington, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and One America. The Attorney General’s office described the 2019 bipartisan law as limiting state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement, emphasizing privacy, minimal data collection, model policies for agencies, and the distinction between immigration status information and other personal data. The office said the law has not been challenged in Washington, noted similar laws in other states, and explained that agency attorneys coordinate to provide consistent guidance and defend the law in court when needed. The governor’s office said Keep Washington Working is being implemented across state agencies through case-by-case review of data-sharing requests, coordination with the Attorney General and privacy offices, and a new executive order creating an immigration sub-cabinet and reinforcing data privacy and community engagement. Officials pointed to federal funding exceptions, including Medicaid and other programs where data must be shared to receive funds, and said the state has challenged federal grant conditions in court. In response to questions, the governor’s office said it believes the statute is consistent with federal law, applies broadly to all Washingtonians, and is being monitored for unnecessary data sharing, including at the Department of Licensing. Advocates and the ACLU argued that Keep Washington Working is grounded in the anti-commandeering doctrine and is intended to keep state resources focused on state purposes rather than federal civil immigration enforcement. They said the law helps maintain trust so residents will seek police, fire, health, and licensing services without fear, but warned that federal enforcement and data-sharing practices are still harming communities, including people with lawful status and families separated by detention. Several speakers said the law is strong but could be improved through stronger enforcement, more consistent implementation across agencies and contractors, and possibly a private right of action. No votes or formal actions were taken; the chair closed by inviting follow-up on implementation challenges and possible legislative improvements.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-03-24 - 1:12PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This mechanism would be readily accessible and usable by consumers to allow data held by a data broker
  • </c> it's a reminder that our data is ours. it's a reminder that our data is ours.
  • </c> use cases and the commingling of data. use cases and the commingling of data.
  • </c> The answer is we need better data. The answer is we need better data.
  • </c> they don't have the data that they need. they don't have the data that they need.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • It adds that private data classification.
  • This bill will fix the problem to prevent the public disclosure of non-public data when that data is
  • The two statutes that issue the assessors' data statute in the Data Practices Act and the tax trial statute
  • First, in section two, it guts the privacy protection of assessor data found in the Data Practices Act
  • There's not a lot of good sales data.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Mar 18th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year related to data centers. That conversation continued.
  • So states were doing all kinds of different incentives to attract data centers to them.
  • I think we're, you know, six years later, ...to attract data centers to them.
  • we were. ...tax exemption for data centers back in 2020, I don't think we were thinking that data centers
  • So, if TerraVolt provides their own power source, does their data center or would their future data center
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Sep 30th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some data around what we saw.
  • and then ultimately to using data. a shared commitment to working together, both to collecting data
  • Of those data.
  • We have so much data available.
  • and data sharing.
Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a work session focused on child welfare dependency, reviewing implementation of 2021’s Keeping Families Together Act (1227) and 2023’s Child and Family Fentanyl Response law (6109), along with related data, lived-experience testimony, and emerging issues. DCYF first outlined the dependency process, explaining the intake, shelter care, fact-finding, disposition, review, and permanency stages, and clarified that children may be in-home or out-of-home at different points. The department emphasized that 1227 raised the removal threshold to imminent physical harm and strengthened kin placement, with nearly 60% of children now placed with kin or suitable relatives. DCYF also said 6109 directed courts to give great weight to fentanyl’s lethality and added regional legal liaisons, though some contracted supports were not implemented due to budget constraints. Data presented by DCYF showed entries into care fell after 1227 but rose again after 6109, returning close to pre-1227 levels; the department linked rising critical incidents to the fentanyl epidemic, parental stress, and system complexity, and described responses such as statewide Safe Child Council staffing and hotspot monitoring. Committee members asked for more detail on age breakdowns and geographic patterns of incidents. Advocates and lived-experience speakers from Legal Counsel for Youth and Children and a medical-legal partnership described 1227 as a necessary reform to reduce unnecessary removals and racial disproportionality, while saying they have not seen courts fail to remove children when safety concerns are clearly presented. They explained that 6109 was intended to help courts account for fentanyl’s lethality at shelter care hearings. A parent ally testified that family-centered, peer-supported services, treatment access, housing, transportation, CPR and safe-sleep education, and third-party safety plan participants can help families stay together and reduce harm. She said suitable-other placements under 1227 were a major improvement, but more inpatient beds, family treatment options, and community supports are still needed. Speakers also said application of DCYF policy varies by county, creating “justice by geography.” The committee then heard an update on Senate Bill 6068 from the Administrative Office of the Courts and K Implementation and Evaluation. The report identified 15 dimensions of relational permanency and child well-being, using input from more than 80 professional and lived experts, and recommended a phased data strategy: use existing data where possible, improve partially available measures, and develop new collection where needed. AOC said a prior data-sharing agreement with DCYF expired in June 2025, leaving a gap in statewide dependency reporting, and urged a new agreement, a standing cross-agency work group, and better integration with DCYF’s new child welfare information system. The committee also received a brief update on the Supreme Court Commission on Children in Foster Care, which is redesigning its mission and work groups to better center lived experience and cross-system collaboration. In emerging issues, Jim Theophilus described bridge housing for young adults exiting inpatient behavioral health treatment, noting that many youth leave treatment to homelessness or shelters and that two bridge housing programs have now opened, one on each side of the state. He said the model is based on voluntary, community-based support and a “return to community” plan shaped by youth input. The committee then moved to juvenile rehabilitation capacity issues, with DCYF’s new assistant secretary for Juvenile Rehabilitation scheduled to provide an update, following a recent visit by committee members to Green Hill School.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/22/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
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  • and this data have to be in ways data and this data have to be in ways that<00:36:38.440><c> can</c>
  • access to that data at the speeds that are needed to compute on those data.
  • We also have GEMS, which is a huge data set around agricultural data, environment data, management data
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Higher Education Committee Dec 3rd, 2025 at 10:30 am

Joint Higher Education Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So to recap, what's included in AFRS today for universities is summary-level data for each fund, data
  • So to recap, what's included in AFERS today for universities is summary level data for each fund, data
  • And as we transmit data to the state, we make adjustments to that data so that it can meet the required
  • data and research.
  • All of the data that we provide here originate from publicly available data sources.
Summary: The Joint Higher Education Committee met with introductions from members and then held a work session on higher education and statewide accounting practices. OFM Deputy Director Sarah Rupp explained how state and university accounting/reporting differ, including current AFRS/SAM requirements and the transition to Workday/WAM, and described what higher education data are currently included in state reporting versus what will remain excluded, such as transaction-level detail and vendor payment information. University of Washington and Washington State University officials then described the complexity of their institutions’ financial structures, including multiple campuses, auxiliary enterprises, component units, hospitals, clinics, bonds, and other reporting obligations, and how they submit summarized data to the state while maintaining more detailed local accounting systems. The Education Research and Data Center also presented the public four-year finance dashboard created under Senate Bill 5512, emphasizing that the metrics are best used to examine trends within institutions rather than direct comparisons across schools; members asked about data availability and federal reporting delays, and ERDC said it was on track to update the dashboard with newer data and additional metrics. The committee then heard a presentation from the Washington Student Achievement Council on the Workforce Education Investment Account (WIA). Joel Anderson reviewed WIA’s creation under House Bill 2158, its revenue sources, and its intended purpose of supporting postsecondary attainment, high-demand fields, student aid, and workforce education. He said WIA revenue has grown substantially, especially after recent tax changes, and noted that most current appropriations go to higher education, including the Washington College Grant, community and four-year institutions, and some workforce-related programs. Members asked whether WIA supports apprenticeships and trades, and Anderson said it has in some cases, though nearly all current appropriations are now within higher education. Anderson also highlighted a major policy shift in the 2025-27 budget: WIA is now being used to supplant some general-fund higher education spending, especially a large transfer for University of Washington general operations. He said this has reduced the general fund share of higher education funding and increased the share from WIA, raising concerns about whether the account is still being used as originally intended. He also described how WIA is increasingly covering Washington College Grant caseload growth and faculty compensation costs, and said WSAC is working to improve public documentation of ongoing and carry-forward appropriations. The committee did not take any substantive votes on the presentation topics and then moved toward executive session and adjournment.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And while data centers themselves are users of electricity, I am a user of that data center.
  • SB 887 would ensure the data centers comply with CEQA and meet specified, and those that... ...that data
  • Data centers aren't just about AI.
  • But data centers come in different sizes. The history of the data centers is interesting, right?
  • And so, as we've seen data center clusters, data centers have traditionally attracted more data centers
PA

Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session (Jun 25 2026)

Pennsylvania House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this instance, the hyperscale data centers.
  • to each household in a community if they got approval for a data center.
  • of data center equipment incentives.
  • to each household in a community if they got approval for a data center.
  • The data center offered $165 million in incentives for approval of their data center, so I think if they
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests, including the Civil Air Patrol Pennsylvania Wing Cadet Color Guard, district office staff, and a guest page. A quorum was established with 202 members voting on the master roll. The chamber also noted that Deputy Sergeant Hopkins is retiring after three years of service, and several committee meetings were announced for later in the day. The main floor action was on House Bill 2198, which repeals the sales and use tax exemption for computer data center equipment. Supporters argued the exemption is no longer needed because data centers are large, profitable companies that should pay their share, and cited a projected future cost to the Commonwealth of about $517 million annually. Members in favor also said data centers place heavy burdens on local water, land, and electricity resources and should not receive taxpayer subsidies. Opponents argued the bill conflicted with broader data center policy discussions and that the House was moving too quickly after passing related infrastructure legislation the day before. After debate, the House took a recorded final vote and passed House Bill 2198 by a vote of 197-5. The bill was sent to the Senate for concurrence. The House then moved several bills from the table calendar to the active calendar and adjourned until Friday, June 26, 2026, at 12 noon unless recalled sooner by the Speaker.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Privacy and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • data.
  • I think we go where the data takes us from the standpoint of we are not looking We go where the data
  • and only shares Any new data.
  • I do think that data drives decisions, so having this data is really going to be imperative.
  • data.