Scope
Pennsylvania House Bill 2496 (2025-2026 session), per its official short title, would amend the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, providing for pause on data center proposals. It passed the House on 24 June 2026 (201-1); the Senate Local Government Committee reported it as amended on 30 June 2026 and it was re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations.
- Geographic scope
- Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Pennsylvania General Assembly
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 5 October 2026
Summary
Pennsylvania HB 2496 would amend the Municipalities Planning Code to provide for a pause on data center proposals. It passed the House 201-1 on 24 June 2026, was reported as amended by the Senate Local Government Committee on 30 June 2026 and sits with the Senate Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. The length and mechanism of the pause were not verified from bill text. It is not law.
What this does not establish
- The bill status page (read 1 October 2026) is the status source; the full bill text was not opened unless stated.
- The Pennsylvania 2025-2026 session continues until 30 November 2026, so a bill without further action is pending, not failed, on 1 October 2026.
- The length and mechanism of the proposed pause were not verified; press reports of an 18-month period were not used.
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.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2496