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| Bill | Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility. | Siting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility. Provides that, prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. The bill also allows a locality to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on (i) ground and surface water resources, (ii) agricultural resources, (iii) parks, (iv) registered historic sites, and (v) forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land. The provisions of the bill shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power. Finally, the bill provides that its provisions shall not be construed to prohibit, limit, or otherwise supersede existing local zoning authority. This bill incorporates HB 511 and is identical to SB 94. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 153 | Virginia HB 153 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 153 (2026) — Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility.
Siting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility. Provides that, prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. The bill also allows a locality to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on (i) ground and surface water resources, (ii) agricultural resources, (iii) parks, (iv) registered historic sites, and (v) forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land. The provisions of the bill shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power. Finally, the bill provides that its provisions shall not be construed to prohibit, limit, or otherwise supersede existing local zoning authority. This bill incorporates HB 511 and is identical to SB 94.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 26–14 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 29–10 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — 13–2 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 17–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 0–98 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 90–7 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 93–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101337D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/14/2026 12:13 pm)
- 2026-01-20 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (17-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Committee substitute printed 26105995D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-23 Incorporates HB511 (McAuliff)
- 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-30 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26108996D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Local Government Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 14-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Thomas, Convirs-Fowler, Wyatt
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Roem, Srinivasan, Stanley
- 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB153ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c12ccbc5-1546-4e89-ba04-7288b1cd26ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).