2025 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
SB899: High electric demand facility; locality may include in its zoning ordinance water use estimate.
Legislative Summary
Zoning; data centers; water use. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions for (i) requiring proposed data center developments to submit water use estimates and (ii) considering water use when making rezoning and special use permit decisions related to data center development.
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Bill History
1/5/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102484D
Senate
1/5/2025
Referred to Committee on Local Government
Senate
1/27/2025
Reported from Local Government with substitute (7-Y 6-N 2-A)
Senate
1/27/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106228D-S1
Senate
1/28/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/28/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/28/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/29/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/29/2025
Reading of substitute waived
Senate
1/29/2025
Local Government Substitute agreed to
Senate
1/29/2025
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senate
1/30/2025
Read third time and defeated by Senate (13-Y 26-N 1-A)
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Read third time and defeated by Senate (13-Y 26-N 1-A)
1/30/2025
13
Yea
26
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: FAILED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Local Government with substitute (7-Y 6-N 2-A)
1/27/2025
7
Yea
6
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(1/29/2025)
Chamber
Senate
