Virginia General Assembly Bills and Issues

HB1515

Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.
Chief Patron: Irene Shin
Status: In House

HB1521

Digital innovation & infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property & technology resources.
Chief Patron: Wren Williams
Status: In House

HJ32

Higher educational institutions; JLARC to study artificial intelligence use policies.
Chief Patron: Amy Laufer
Status: In House

SB85

Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms & model operators, interoperability interfaces.
Chief Patron: Schuyler VanValkenburg
Status: In House

SB93

Data centers; taxes on banks that are tenants of a center.
Chief Patron: Danica Roem
Status: In Senate

SB94

Siting of data centers; property zoned for industrial use.
Chief Patron: Danica Roem
Status: In Senate

SB105

STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program; eligibility for grants.
Chief Patron: Bill Stanley
Status: In House

SB130

Data centers; site assessment, definition of high energy use facility.
Chief Patron: Adam Ebbin
Status: Consolidated

SB237

App Store Accountability Act; civil penalties, civil action.
Chief Patron: Christopher Head
Status: In Senate

SB245

Social media platforms; school boards, artificial intelligence systems, civil penalties.
Chief Patron: Christopher Head
Status: In Senate

SB334

Conveyances of interests in real property; public hearing required.
Chief Patron: Danica Roem
Status: In Senate

SB338

Consumer Data Protection Act; data controller responsibilities, precise geolocation data.
Chief Patron: Russet Perry
Status: In House

SB365

Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act; established.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: In Senate

SB384

AI; evaluating feasibility & impact of developing framework, independent verification organizations.
Chief Patron: Angelia Williams Graves
Status: In House

SB393

Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.
Chief Patron: Russet Perry
Status: Killed

SB394

AI use in instructional settings; AI Innovation in Education Pilot Program established, report.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: In Senate

SB417

Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.
Chief Patron: Richard Stuart
Status: In Senate

SB465

Retail Sales and Use tax; exemption for data centers.
Chief Patron: Creigh Deeds
Status: In Senate

SB466

Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
Chief Patron: Richard Stuart
Status: In Senate

SB467

High load facilities; impact assessments.
Chief Patron: Creigh Deeds
Status: In Senate

SB521

Data centers; rainwater harvesting systems.
Chief Patron: Creigh Deeds
Status: In Senate

SB551

Energy load flexibility protocols; SCC et al., to evaluate high electric demand customers, report.
Chief Patron: Kannan Srinivasan
Status: Consolidated

SB552

Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.
Chief Patron: Glen Sturtevant
Status: Killed

SB553

Data centers; certain data from water users, water use consumption.
Chief Patron: Kannan Srinivasan
Status: In House

Close Floor Vote

SB554

Zoning; high-energy users, local authority.
Chief Patron: Kannan Srinivasan
Status: In Senate