Land Use, Zoning & Permitting

Establishes a datacenter utility rate classification, providing targeted congestion management incentives for upstate New York, and regulating off-grid power connections for datacenter operations.

Key Points

• Establishes a datacenter utility rate classification for New York
• Provides targeted congestion management incentives for upstate New York
• Regulates off-grid power connections for datacenter operations

Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure.

Key Points

• Creates the Right to Compute Act establishing computing rights
• Requires shutdown procedures for AI-controlled critical infrastructure
• Addresses data center operations and computational resource protections

Enacts the South Carolina Job Creation and Competitiveness Act of 2025, reforming income tax structure and repealing certain sales tax exemptions to promote economic development.

Key Points

• Repeals chapters relating to South Carolina Income Tax Act and Corporate License Fees
• Sets South Carolina taxable income at 3.5% of federal taxable income minus state standard deduction
• Provides for an Earned Income Tax Credit and amends sales tax exemptions

Comprehensive energy legislation establishing utility rate procedures, energy assessment requirements, nuclear facility evaluations, and renewable energy competitive procurement standards.

Key Points

• Establishes comprehensive state energy assessment and action plan requirements
• Permits evaluation of small modular nuclear facilities and fusion energy deployment
• Creates competitive procurement program standards for renewable energy and storage
• Establishes requirements for solar energy system plans on large land parcels

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report annually on the advanced artificial intelligence capabilities of the People's Republic of China.

Key Points

• Mandates annual reporting on China's AI capabilities
• Addresses national security concerns regarding data center infrastructure
• Tracks advanced computing capabilities of foreign adversaries

Enacts the Right to Compute Act requiring risk management policies for critical infrastructure controlled by AI systems and establishing restrictions on private computational resources.

Key Points

• Requires risk management policies for AI-controlled critical infrastructure
• Establishes when private computational resources may be restricted
• Addresses data center governance and computational rights

Establishes the right to compute in New Hampshire, addressing computational resource access and data center operations.

Key Points

• Establishes fundamental right to compute in New Hampshire
• Addresses protections for computational resource access
• Sets framework for data center and computing regulations

The 2025 Governor's Budget including provisions for data center development and technology infrastructure.

Key Points

• Comprehensive state budget with technology infrastructure provisions
• Includes funding and policies related to data center development
• Bipartisan sponsorship addressing economic development

A bill to enhance the rights of domestic employees, including those in technology and data center operations.

Key Points

• Enhances rights and protections for domestic employees
• Addresses workplace standards and labor protections
• Broad coalition of Senate sponsors

House companion bill to enhance the rights of domestic employees, with broad bipartisan support addressing labor standards.

Key Points

• Companion bill to Senate Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
• Over 100 House co-sponsors supporting worker protections
• Comprehensive labor standards enhancement