Scope
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1345 (2025-2026 session), per its official short title, would provide for an amendment to the Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for an optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers. It was reported from the Senate Local Government Committee on 30 June 2026, re-reported as amended from Rules and Executive Nominations on 11 July 2026 given second consideration on 12 July 2026 and re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations on 30 September 2026; it has not passed the Senate.
- 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 Senate Bill 1345 would provide for an amendment to the Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for an optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers. It was reported from the Senate Local Government Committee on 30 June 2026, re-reported as amended from Rules and Executive Nominations on 11 July 2026 given second consideration on 12 July 2026 and re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations on 30 September 2026; it has not passed the Senate. It is a pending proposal and 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, so provisions are described only as far as the official short title states them.
- 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 moratorium would be optional for municipalities; the bill itself would not impose a statewide pause.
- The length of any moratorium and the definition of a high impact data center were not verified from bill text.
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/sb1345