Halfway through the 2026 legislative session, there’s still no consensus on data center bills

By: Ivy Main

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: February 20, 2026

Words: 3,470

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Wednesday marked crossover at the General Assembly, the day on which bills that have passed the House matriculate to the Senate, and vice-versa. Any legislation that didn’t clear its chamber by now is dead for the year.

That should mean that by this point we can predict which major policy initiatives are likely to become law. That looks to be true of the energy bills I wrote about last week, where the …

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