Scope
HB 856 of the 2026 Kentucky Regular Session, titled 'AN ACT relating to data centers', would have required data centers to submit a water feasibility study to the Energy and Environment Cabinet before operating and an annual water usage report. It was not enacted; the General Assembly adjourned sine die on 15 April 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Kentucky
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Kentucky General Assembly
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 15 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
Kentucky HB 856 of 2026 would have required data centers to submit a water feasibility study to the Energy and Environment Cabinet before operating and an annual water usage report. Its last recorded action was referral to the House Natural Resources and Energy committee on 10 March 2026. The 2026 Regular Session adjourned sine die on 15 April 2026 without enacting it, so it did not become law.
What this does not establish
- The description relies on the Legislative Research Commission summary of the original version shown on the bill record page, not a reading of the full bill text.
- 15 April 2026 is the sine die date shown on the official 2026 Regular Session Record page; the bill page itself records no separate failure vote.
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://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb856.html
- 2026 Regular Session Record (sine die) official record of sine die adjournment · 15 April 2026