HB338
Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Siting of data centers; site assessment.
Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality.-
Bill History
- 01/05/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101112D
- 01/05/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/24/2024 - House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/08/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/2024 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB338E
- 02/12/2024 - House: Printed as engrossed 24101112D-E
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N 1-A)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 3-N 3-A)
