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SB 336 VA
Passed One Chamber

Tier 2 emergency generators; SCC shall evaluate impact of requiring data centers to limit use, etc.

VA · session 2027 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

Virginia Senate Bill 336 would direct the State Air Pollution Control Board to amend its regulations regarding the use of emergency generators in data centers. The bill would address Tier 2 emergency generators and would evaluate the impact of limiting their use by data centers.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to direct the State Air Pollution Control Board to amend its regulations regarding the use of data center emergency generators.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (23)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103994D · upper
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
  3. Feb 3, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  4. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 5-N 1-A) · upper
  5. Feb 5, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  6. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107163D-S1 · upper
  7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107623D-S2 · upper
  9. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  10. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  11. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  12. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
  13. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
  14. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
  15. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
  16. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
  17. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  18. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
  19. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
  20. Mar 1, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
  21. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
  22. Mar 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote) · lower
  23. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · lower

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