Scope
Kansas Senate Bill 400 (2026) would have barred a large load data center from using an open loop cooling or heat removal system that directly exposes or discharges water vapors to the ambient atmosphere, while allowing closed-loop systems. It died in committee on 10 April 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Kansas
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Kansas Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 10 April 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
Kansas Senate Bill 400 of 2026 proposed requiring large load data centers to use closed-loop cooling to limit water consumption. The official bill history shows it was introduced on 27 January 2026, referred to the Senate Committee on Utilities, and died in committee on 10 April 2026. It did not become law.
What this does not establish
- The record relies on the bill as introduced and the official bill history; no later version was enacted.
- The bill page does not state which committee held the bill when it died; the history records only that it died.
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.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB400/
- Kansas Legislature bill history (SB400) Documented death day: Fri, Apr 10, 2026 Senate Died in Committee
- Bill text as introduced Operative text quoted