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                        IntroducedSep 09, 2024
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                        Passed SenateMar 14, 2025
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                        Passed HouseApr 07, 2025
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
                    Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
                
                
            
        
                  
                
             Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 116
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
                Votes
                        YES: 46
                                                
                                        - Mr. President
 - Feldman
 - Hettleman
 - Lewis Young
 - Simonaire
 - Attar
 - Folden
 - Jackson, C.
 - Love
 - Smith
 - Augustine
 - Gallion
 - Jackson, M.
 - Mautz
 - Sydnor
 - Bailey
 - Gile
 - James
 - McCray
 - Waldstreicher
 - Beidle
 - Guzzone
 - Jennings
 - McKay
 - Washington, A.
 - Brooks
 - Hayes
 - Kagan
 - Muse
 - Washington, M.
 - Carozza
 - Henson
 - King
 - Ready
 - Watson
 - Charles
 - Hershey
 - Kramer
 - Rosapepe
 - West
 - Corderman
 - Hester
 - Lam
 - Salling
 - Zucker
 - Ellis
 
NO: 0
                                            ABSENT: 1
                                                        YES: 46
                                                
                                        - Mr. President
 - Ellis
 - Hettleman
 - Lewis Young
 - Simonaire
 - Attar
 - Folden
 - Jackson, C.
 - Love
 - Smith
 - Augustine
 - Gallion
 - Jackson, M.
 - Mautz
 - Sydnor
 - Bailey
 - Gile
 - James
 - McCray
 - Waldstreicher
 - Beidle
 - Guzzone
 - Jennings
 - McKay
 - Washington, A.
 - Benson
 - Hayes
 - Kagan
 - Muse
 - Washington, M.
 - Brooks
 - Henson
 - King
 - Ready
 - Watson
 - Carozza
 - Hershey
 - Kramer
 - Rosapepe
 - West
 - Charles
 - Hester
 - Lam
 - Salling
 - Zucker
 - Corderman
 
NO: 0
                                            NOT VOTING: 1
                                                        YES: 134
                                                
                                        - Speaker
 - Crutchfield
 - Johnson, A.
 - Pasteur
 - Stewart
 - Acevero
 - Cullison
 - Johnson, S.
 - Patterson
 - Stinnett
 - Adams
 - Davis
 - Jones, D.
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Stonko
 - Addison
 - Ebersole
 - Kaiser
 - Phillips
 - Taveras
 - Allen
 - Edelson
 - Kaufman
 - Pippy
 - Taylor
 - Alston
 - Embry
 - Kerr
 - Pruski
 - Terrasa
 - Amprey
 - Fair
 - Kipke
 - Qi
 - Toles
 - Arentz
 - Feldmark
 - Korman
 - Queen
 - Tomlinson
 - Atterbeary
 - Fennell
 - Lehman
 - Reilly
 - Turner
 - Bagnall
 - Foley
 - Lewis, J.
 - Roberson
 - Valderrama
 - Baker
 - Forbes
 - Lewis, R.
 - Roberts
 - Valentine
 - Barnes
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Long, J.
 - Rogers
 - Vogel
 - Bartlett
 - Ghrist
 - Long, R.
 - Rose
 - Watson
 - Beauchamp
 - Griffith
 - Lopez
 - Rosenberg
 - Wells
 - Behler
 - Guyton
 - Mangione
 - Ross
 - White Holland
 - Bhandari
 - Guzzone
 - Martinez
 - Ruff
 - Wilkins
 - Boafo
 - Harris
 - McCaskill
 - Ruth
 - Williams
 - Bouchat
 - Harrison
 - McComas
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Wilson
 - Boyce
 - Hartman
 - Metzgar
 - Schindler
 - Wims
 - Buckel
 - Healey
 - Miller
 - Schmidt
 - Wivell
 - Cardin
 - Hinebaugh
 - Mireku-North
 - Shetty
 - Wolek
 - Chang
 - Holmes
 - Moon
 - Simmons
 - Woods
 - Charkoudian
 - Hornberger
 - Morgan, M.
 - Simpson
 - Woorman
 - Chisholm
 - Howard
 - Morgan, T.
 - Smith
 - Wu
 - Clippinger
 - Hutchinson
 - Nkongolo
 - Solomon
 - Young
 - Conaway
 - Ivey
 - Otto
 - Spiegel
 - Ziegler
 - Crosby
 - Jacobs
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Stein
 
Actions
            - May 16, 2025 | executive
- Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - Passed Enrolled
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (134-5)
 
 - Apr 04, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - Favorable with Amendments {163625/1 Adopted
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 
 - Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Mar 15, 2025 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
 
 - Mar 14, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 
 - Mar 13, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
 - Favorable with Amendments {183621/1 Adopted
 - Floor Amendment {183627/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 
 - Jan 27, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Jan 08, 2025 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
 
 - Sep 09, 2024 | Senate
- Pre-filed
 
 
Bill Texts 
        
            - Text - First - Data Center Impact Analysis and ReportPDF
 - Amendments {183621/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
 - Floor Amendment {183627/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted (Senate)PDF
 - Text - Third - Data Center Impact Analysis and ReportPDF
 - Amendments {163625/1 Adopted (House)PDF
 - Text - Enrolled - Data Center Impact Analysis and ReportPDF
 
Documents
        
            - Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
 - Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
 - Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
 - Governor's Veto LetterPDF
 - Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
 - Video: Economic MattersHTML
 - Witness ListHTML
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Troxell, Timothy (FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Black, Stephen (Sugarloaf Alliance)
 - EEE Testimony, FWA -- Holcomb, Karen
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kinsey, Kathy (Mobilize Frederick)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Mizrahi, Jennifer (Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Taylor, Caroline (Montogmery Countryside Alliance)
 - EEE Testimony, FWA -- Cohn, Debbie
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kranz, Rhonda
 - EEE Testimony, UNF -- Manno, Roger (Manno & Associates LLC)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Frederick, Joanne (Stop MPRP, Inc)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Strasser, Virginia
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fitzwater, Jessica (Frederick County Executive)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Demiray, Sonia (Climate Communications Coalition)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Frances (Elders Climate Action Maryland)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (HoCo Climate Action)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Davlin, Sharon
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Galloway, Janet
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Law, Elizabeth
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hamidi, Renee (Valleys Planning Council)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McCarthy, Angie (Nature Forward)
 - EEE Testimony, UNF -- Ascher, Jason (Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Harbeson, Kristen (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Susan
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
 - EEE Testimony, FWA -- Shriner, Mariah (Sierra Club Maryland Chapter)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lapp, David (Office of People's Counsel)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Griffith, Anna
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Arndt, Dave
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Cardin, Nina
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Sparks, Rebecca
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hoover, Frederick (Maryland PublicService Commission)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Broder, Robin (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Lewis Young, Senator Karen (Senator Karen Lewis Young)
 - EEE Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Frye, Julie
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Progress, Shore (Shore Progress)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Garofolo, John
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hanson, Susan
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Ann
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fahrig, Landon (Maryland Energy Administration)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hart, Kyle (National Parks Conservation Association)
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
 - EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Cohn, Debbie
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Black, Stephen (Sugarloaf Alliance)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Law, Elizabeth
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Lewis Young, Senator Karen (Senator Karen Lewis Young)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (HoCo Climate Action)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Fitzwater, Jessica (Frederick County Executive)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- McCarthy, Angie (Nature Forward)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Fahrig, Landon (Maryland Energy Administration)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Troxell, Timothy (FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison)
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Frances (Elders Climate Action Maryland)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
 - ECM Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Shriner, Mariah (Sierra Club Maryland Chapter)
 - ECM Testimony, FWA -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
 


