HF 16 Minnesota House · 2025, First Special Session

Data center regulatory bill.

The bill HF 16, titled "Data center regulatory bill," aims to establish regulatory frameworks for data centers in the state. However, the provided context does not include the bill's specific provisions, such as environmental standards, permitting requirements, or tax incentives it may introduce, nor does it identify which entities or communities would be directly affected. The recent actions (adding authors and committee referral to Elections Finance and Government Operations) describe procedural steps but do not clarify the bill's policy content. Without details on the regulatory mechanisms or scope, a substantive summary of the policy changes cannot be provided. For a factual summary, the bill's text or committee report would be needed.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jun 9, 2025 Signed Jun 14, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
0
Jun 14, 2025
Signed into law
Governor's action Approval 06/14/25
executive
Jun 14, 2025
Introduced
Secretary of State, Filed 06/14/2025
lower
Jun 14, 2025
Signed into law
Governor approval 06/14/2025
executive
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading Passed
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Introduced
Received from House
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill was passed
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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