Scope
House Bill 120 of the 2026 Maryland session, "Moratorium on Construction of New Data Centers – Co–Location and Generation Contingency", would have added Real Property 14-134 providing that a person may not construct a data center in the State and that a unit of State or local government may not approve a proposal to construct one, with termination tied to later co-location and generation legislation. It received a committee hearing only and did not pass.
- Geographic scope
- Maryland
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Maryland General Assembly
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- No expiration date recorded
- Ended
- 13 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
Maryland House Bill 120 of 2026 proposed a statewide moratorium on constructing new data centers and on state or local approval of such proposals. The official bill page shows its last action as a House committee hearing on 3 February 2026, and the 2026 session adjourned sine die on its 90th day, 13 April 2026, without the bill passing. It never took effect.
What this does not establish
- The end date recorded here is the scheduled 90th-day sine die of the 2026 session from the General Assembly's session-dates document; the bill page records no separate failure action.
- The Utility RELIEF Act (chapter 353) later added a narrower Real Property 14-134 limited to certain Baltimore City tax increment financing districts; that is a separate record.
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: Maryland General Assembly page on mgaleg.maryland.gov