Scope
Kansas Senate Bill 531 (2026) would have prohibited the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that had a drought emergency declared under the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years, amending K.S.A. 19-101a. 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
- No expiration date recorded
- Ended
- 10 April 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026
About this date
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Summary
Kansas Senate Bill 531 of 2026 proposed barring new large load data centers in counties with a drought emergency declared in the preceding three years. The official bill history shows it was introduced on 9 March 2026, referred to committee, 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
Primary source: Kansas Legislature page on kslegislature.gov
- Kansas Legislature bill history (SB531) — Documented death day: Fri, Apr 10, 2026 Senate Died in Committee
- Bill text as introduced — Operative text quoted