Scope
Arizona HB 2949 (2026, as introduced), reference title "energy costs; large data centers", would have added A.R.S. 30-301 requiring a public power entity to require a large data center (a facility or campus used primarily for data processing, storage, retrieval or transmission with a peak demand of at least 100 megawatts) to pay the energy costs related to its operation, which could not be passed on to other customers, and would have added a section 40-107 relating to public utilities. It was not enacted before the Legislature adjourned sine die on 13 June 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Arizona
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Arizona Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 13 June 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Arizona HB 2949 would have required public power entities to make large data centers pay the fuel, generation and transmission costs they cause, without passing them to other customers. It is not among the 2026 session laws or the Governor's letters, and the Legislature adjourned sine die on 13 June 2026, so it did not pass.
What this does not establish
- The official bill-status API (apps.azleg.gov) is disallowed by robots.txt, so committee history was not opened.
- Failure is inferred from the official record: the bill is absent from the 2026 session-law (chaptered bill) list and from the Governor's letters list (both fetched 23 September 2026), and the Legislature adjourned sine die on 13 June 2026.
- Only the introduced text was opened; later amendments, if any, were not reviewed.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2949P.pdf