New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5646: Data Center Transparency Dashboard-establish, submit annual report to DEP
Status: In committee, October 19, 2026
Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard.
What the bill says
An Act concerning data center development and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
From the introduced text, October 19, 2026:
An Act concerning data center development and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. As used in this act: Community advisory board means a coalition of organizations, residents, and local government officials charged with negotiating, monitoring, and enforcing a community benefits agreement with the developer of a data center. A majority of members of the community advisory board shall be residents, workers, and community-based nonprofit organizations from the impacted community. A community advisory board shall not include a data center developer or an employee of a data center developer. Community benefits agreement means a legally binding and enforceable agreement between a community advisory board or a community coalition and the developer of a data center for the purpose of ensuring that the developer provides measurable enforceable benefits to host communities, protects environmental and cultural resources, and advances equity and justice. Community coalition means a group of two or more community-based organizations, such as workforce development and training organizations, labor unions, environmental and social justice advocates, local governmental entities, other organizations that represent community interests and residents of the political subdivision where a proposed data center will be located. The term community coalition shall include residents of the municipality in which the data center will …
Sponsors
- Andrew Macurdy (D, 21) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF AST
Subjects: ENVIRONMENT
Common questions
- What is A5646?
- A5646 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Data Center Transparency Dashboard-establish, submit annual report to DEP.
- What does A5646 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning data center development and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A5646?
- In committee as of October 19, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF AST (October 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5646?
- Andrew Macurdy (D, 21).
- Where is the official record for A5646?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5646
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