Pennsylvania

SB 939 AI, data center and emerging technology regulatory sandbox bill (pending)

Legislation introduced (any outcome)

Proposed This proposal has not been enacted or adopted.

Scope

Pennsylvania Senate Bill 939 (2025-2026 session), per its official short title, would provide for establishment of an Office of Transformation and Opportunity and an Artificial Intelligence, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox Program, including permits for high impact data centers that have their own power. It was referred to the Senate Communications and Technology Committee on 14 July 2025 and amended in that committee on 4 February 2026; it has not been reported.

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 939 would provide for establishment of an Office of Transformation and Opportunity and an Artificial Intelligence, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox Program, including permits for high impact data centers that have their own power. It was referred to the Senate Communications and Technology Committee on 14 July 2025 and amended in that committee on 4 February 2026; it has not been reported. 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.

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

https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb939

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