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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1408: An Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.

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

SB 1408 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on July 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting. Primary sponsor: Tracy Pennycuick (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 5, 2026): Re-reported as amended.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tracy PennycuickPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Rosemary BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
James MaloneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47

“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. Re-reported as amended
  2. Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
  3. Second consideration
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as amended
  6. Referred to Communications & Technology

Sources

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