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HOUSE BILL NO. 337 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 5, 2024 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4, relating to siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. ---------- Patrons-- Thomas and Lovejoy ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-2209.4 as follows:

§ 15.2-2209.4. Siting of data centers; impacts on resources.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center, as defined in § 58.1-3506, shall only be approved in areas where the data center will (i) have a minimal impact on historic, agricultural, and cultural resources and (ii) not be within one-half mile of a national park, state park, or other historically significant site, as designated by the Department of Historic Resources.