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GeorgiaGeorgiaBillHB 1063
Protecting Electricity Customers from Data Center Costs
Would have required protections so residential and retail electricity customers do not bear costs of data center construction and operation.
Passed House; referred in Senate with no final passageFeb 17 8 months ago
- Body
- Georgia General Assembly
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Introduced
- Jan 29
- Votes
- House 159-5
- Sponsors
- R (Republican)Republican
- Topics
- Data centers
Timeline
Feb 17 8 months ago
Jan 29 9 months ago
Sponsors
- R (Republican)Brad Thomas
- R (Republican)Jon Burns
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Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
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