HB 507 — Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.
VA 20261 session
Permit requirements for data centers; emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing an air permit for any application submitted for a data center on or after July 1, 2026, unless the emission limit for each engine-generator, defined in the bill, established by such permit is equal to or less than the emissions achieved by a Tier 4 equivalent engine-generator.
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Sponsors (4)
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — sponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (41)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Chilton McAuliff (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Joshua E. Thomas (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Shelly A. Simonds (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no