Siting of Data Centers; Site Assessment (Va. Code § 15.2-2209.5, enacted 2026 as HB 153 / SB 94)

two-reviewer statute enacted va-hb153-sb94-2026-datacenter-siting-15-2-2209-5

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Record created 2026-08-19, last updated 2026-08-19. Snapshot built September 14, 2026. JSON

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State: VA
Kind: statute
Status: enacted
Agency: Virginia General Assembly; Office of the Governor of Virginia
Citation: Va. Code § 15.2-2209.5; 2026 Acts of Assembly cc. 567 (HB 153), 568 (SB 94)
Threshold MW: $99 Virginia pass
Mandatory: $99 Virginia pass
Summary: $99 Virginia pass
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Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.5. Siting of data centers; site assessment statute two-reviewer
“A. As used in this section, "high energy use facility" or "HEUF" means a facility that an applicant reasonably anticipates at the time of filing a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit application will require 100 megawatts or more of electrical power from an electric utility providing retail service to the facility. B. Prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new HEUF, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine, to the extent practicable and within the timeline provided by subdivision A 7 of § 15.2-2286, the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. ... 2026, cc. 567, 568.”
subsections A-B, and enactment history line
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter22/section15.2-2209.5/
Fetched directly via curl (raw HTML), tags stripped locally, not via a summarizing fetch tool. Text is otherwise identical to the vetoed 2025 HB1601/SB1449 language (compare the § 15.2-2209.4 source above), confirming this is the successful reenactment.
Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.4. Minimum off-street parking requirements; designated areas; administrative reductions statute two-reviewer
“§ 15.2-2209.4 . Minimum off-street parking requirements; designated areas; administrative reductions. A. As used in this section: "Bus rapid transit" means a rubber-tired bus transit system with features such as frequent service, dedicated lanes, traffic signal priority, and enhanced stations. ... 2026, c. 1075 .”
section heading and enactment history line
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter22/section15.2-2209.4/
Added by the second reviewer 2026-08-19 to source the § 15.2-2209.4-vs-.5 codification oddity, which the prior tick asserted in a note with no source row. Fetched directly via curl (raw HTML), tags stripped locally. This is primary confirmation that the section number the vetoed 2025 HB1601/SB1449 would have used (§ 15.2-2209.4, confirmed verbatim in the enrolled-bill source above) was taken in the interim by an unrelated parking-requirements act (2026, c. 1075), which is why the 2026 reenactment of the data-center siting language landed one section over at § 15.2-2209.5 (2026, cc. 567, 568). Page 'current as of' date shown on the page itself: 8/19/2026.
BillTrack50, VA HB153 (2026 Regular Session) bill detail company two-reviewer
“Chaptered - 04/13/2026 ... Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility. ... This bill incorporates HB 511 and is identical to SB 94.”
status timeline and bill summary
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1921527/60886
Fetched directly via curl (raw HTML), tags stripped locally, not via a summarizing fetch tool. BillTrack50 is a private legislative-tracking service (classified source_type=company).
MultiState Insider, "Virginia Lawmakers Pass 15 Data Center Bills as Tax Exemption Fight Looms" company two-reviewer
$99 Virginia pass quote, 351 characters as extracted. The document, the pinpoint and the review state are open below.
"Siting Restrictions Gain Traction" section
https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/3/30/virginia-lawmakers-pass-15-data-center-bills-as-tax-exemption-fight-looms