Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB270: Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
Status: Vetoed, December 16, 2025
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, February 12, 2025:
HB0270/263728/1 BY: Delegate Grammer AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 270 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, in line 5, after "Services," insert "under certain circumstances,"; and in line 7, after "State;" insert "requiring the data center industry to pay the costs associated with the analysis;". AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 1, in line 10, strike "The" and substitute "(1) Contingent on funding provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the"; and after line 13, insert: "(2) The data center industry shall pay all of the costs associated with conducting the analysis required under this section.".
Sponsors
- Brian Crosby (D, HD-029B) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 3 of 2025 Special Session
- : Overridden (43-0)
- : Overridden (111-23)
- : Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
- : Returned Passed
- : Third Reading Passed (43-1)