Scope
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1359 (2025-2026 session), per its official short title, would impose a statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting and provide for enforcement. Its only action is referral to the Senate Local Government Committee on 4 June 2026.
- 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 SB 1359 would impose a statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting. It was referred to the Senate Local Government Committee on 4 June 2026 with no later action. It is a pending proposal with no legal effect.
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 bill's definition of a hyperscale data center and the moratorium length were not verified from the 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/sb1359