Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3698
Directs data centers to report water and electricity used to the Water Resources Department and the State Department of Energy.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: This Act tells data centers to report how much water and electricity they use each quarter. The Act tells the EQC to adopt emissions rules for generators used at data centers. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs data centers to report water and electricity used to the Water Resources Department and the State Department of Energy. Requires the State Department of Energy to publish summaries of reported information on a website. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt emissions standards for standby generators used at data centers.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 25 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Jun 27 · stopped122 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 25 to Feb 272 days
Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 25 – Jun 27
- Feb 25Introduced
- Feb 27Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 25First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 27Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives