Scope
Virginia Senate Bill 552 of the 2026 Regular Session would have required a locality, before approving a rezoning, special exception or special use permit for the siting or major expansion of a large data center, to hold public hearings and require an applicant site assessment, which the Department of Environmental Quality would review against standards it was to develop for noise, light, water, air emissions, traffic and proximity impacts, with notices of violation, civil penalties and possible revocation of approval. It was not enacted.
- Geographic scope
- Virginia
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Virginia General Assembly
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 14 March 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Virginia Senate Bill 552 of 2026 would have required a locality, before approving a rezoning, special exception or special use permit for the siting or major expansion of a large data center, to hold public hearings and require an applicant site assessment, which the Department of Environmental Quality would review against standards it was to develop for noise, light, water, air emissions, traffic and proximity impacts, with notices of violation, civil penalties and possible revocation of approval. The Division of Legislative Services 2026 Session Summary lists it as failed; the 2026 Regular Session adjourned sine die on 14 March 2026, so it did not become law.
What this does not establish
- The Legislative Information System bill page (the primary source link) is a JavaScript application whose bill text and history could not be read automatically when checked; the description and outcome come from the Division of Legislative Services 2026 Session Summary, not from a reading of the bill text.
- 14 March 2026 is the day the 2026 Regular Session adjourned sine die; the Session Summary, which covers the session through that day, lists the bill as failed. The committee or floor action on which it failed, and its exact day, were not opened.
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://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB552
- Division of Legislative Services, 2026 Session Summary official legislative summary listing the bill and its 2026 outcome