l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1834

An Act providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.

In the Senate's Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee since March 31, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

44 co-sponsors

John C. Inglis III, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., ED NEILSON, Kyle J. Mullins, Jim Haddock, Kyle Donahue, Tarah Probst, Carol Hill-Evans, Jose Giral, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Gina H. Curry, Dan K. Williams, Nathan Davidson, Kristine C. Howard, DAN FRANKEL, Steven R. Malagari, Lisa A. Borowski, Heather Boyd, Jim Prokopiak, Greg Scott, Brandon J. Markosek, Mandy Steele, Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Joe Ciresi, ROBERT FREEMAN, Paul Friel, Joe Webster, Jeanne McNeill, Ben Waxman, Paul Takac, Jennifer O'Mara, Tarik Khan, Rick Krajewski, Nancy Guenst, Liz Hanbidge, Sean Dougherty, Nikki Rivera, G. Roni Green, Tim Brennan, Malcolm Kenyatta, TINA M. DAVIS, STEVE SAMUELSON, Abigail Salisbury, Chris Pielli

Its course

September 4, 2025 to March 31, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action13 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesSep 4 to Mar 24201 days

EnergySep 4 to Feb 2151 days

AppropriationsMar 23 to Mar 241 day

In the SenateFrom Mar 24

Consumer Protection & Professional LicensureFrom Mar 31

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading104–95

    Passed · Mar 24, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 2, 2026

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 23, 2026

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Sep 4 – Mar 24, 2026

  1. Sep 4Sent to ENERGY
  2. Feb 2, 2026ENERGY recommended it as amended
  3. Mar 23, 2026Amended and read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Mar 24, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 104 to 95

In the Senate Mar 31, 2026

  1. Mar 31, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Sep 4Referred to ENERGY, Sept. 4, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2, 2026Reported as amended, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  3. Feb 2, 2026First consideration, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  4. Feb 2, 2026Laid on the table, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  5. Feb 4, 2026Removed from table, Feb. 4, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Mar 23, 2026Second consideration, with amendments, March 23, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Mar 23, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 23, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Mar 23, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 156-168), March 23, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Mar 24, 2026Re-reported as committed, March 24, 2026House of Representatives
  10. Mar 24, 2026Third consideration and final passage, March 24, 2026 (104-95)House of Representatives
  11. Mar 24, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page 186-193), March 24, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Mar 31, 2026In the SenateSenate
  13. Mar 31, 2026Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, March 31, 2026Senate