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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 289: Stormwater management regulations; enterprise data center operations.

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 289 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Stormwater management regulations; enterprise data center operations. Primary sponsor: Danica Roem (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources.

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

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Stormwater management regulations; enterprise data center operations. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require certain stormwater management techniques for land disturbances related to the construction, expansion, or operation of an enterprise data center operation, as defined in the bill, that is located within one mile of any land owned or operated as a unit of the National Park Service or designated as a Virginia State Park or state forest.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danica RoemPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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. Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  2. Impact statement from DPB (SB289)
  3. Continued to 2025 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)
  4. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  5. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101542D

Sources

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