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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2516: An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2516 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards. Primary sponsor: Jamie Walsh (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2026): Referred to Local Government.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamie WalshPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Jake BantaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Scott BargerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Kerry BenninghoffCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse171
Jill CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Wendy FinkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Mark GillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Charity KrupaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Steve MentzerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Brenda PughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Local Government

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source