H.B. 585: Data Center Amendments

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have required large data centers to report their energy use to electrical utilities, with the utilities reporting to the Public Service Commission and the commission reporting to the Legislature. It never reached a floor vote: a committee sent it back to the Rules Committee, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill requires large data centers to report energy use information.

• Defines terms
• Requires large data centers to report energy use to electrical corporations
• Requires electrical corporations to report to the Public Service Commission
• Requires the commission to report to the Legislature
• Provides enforcement mechanisms

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Electricity · Energy · Public Utilities · Public Utilities and Technology · Public Service Commission · Investor-owned Utilities

How it moved

1. February 18, 2026 · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
2. February 23, 2026 · Houseto standing committeePublic Utilities and Energy Committee
3. March 2, 2026 · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesPublic Utilities and Energy Committee
4. March 6, 2026 · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 585 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Rosalba Dominguez

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

filed
Action date: March 6, 2026

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Recorded floor votes

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Ledger coverage

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