Pennsylvania HB2515: An Act providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties.

What the bill says

From the introduced text, May 13, 2026:

PRINTER'S NO. 3401 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. Session of INTRODUCED BY WALSH, KRUPA, M. BROWN, MENTZER, COOPER AND PUGH, MAY 13, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, MAY 13, 2026 Providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Data Center Transparency Act. Section 2. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Applicant." A person or entity that files, or on whose behalf a person files, an application with a permitting authority for a permit, approval, certification or authorization for a commercial data center project. "Commercial data center." A facility, campus of facilities or array of interconnected facilities in this Commonwealth that is used to house and operate equipment that receives, stores, aggregates, manages, processes, transforms, retrieves, researches or transmits data and that has a peak demand of 25 megawatts or greater. "Commercial data center project." The siting, development, construction, expansion …

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Sponsors

• James Walsh (R, 117) · primary sponsor
• Charity Grimm Krupa (R, HD-051)
• Steven Mentzer (R, 97)
• Jill Cooper (R, 55)
• Brenda Pugh (R, 120)
• Scott Barger (R, 80)
• Jacob Banta (R, 4)
• Wendy Fink (R, 94)

Latest actions

1. May 13, 2026: Referred to ENERGY, May 13, 2026

Common questions

What is HB2515?

HB2515 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): An Act providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties.

What is the status of HB2515?

In committee as of May 13, 2026. Latest action: Referred to ENERGY, May 13, 2026 (May 13, 2026).

Who sponsored HB2515?

James Walsh (R, 117), with 7 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB2515?

On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2515