2025-2026 Regular Session

SB421

"The Data Center Transparency Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to prohibit local governments, authorities, and political subdivisions from entering into nondisclosure agreements regarding electricity usage or water usage of any entity; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State and Local Governmental Operations
Last status date: January 27, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: State and Local Governmental Operations
Author: RaShaun Kemp
Co-sponsors: Drew Echols Jaha Howard Shawn Still Harold Jones Kenya Wicks Kim Jackson Chuck Hufstetler Tonya Anderson Donzella James Sheikh Rahman Gail Davenport Nan Orrock

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Committee referrals

January 27, 2026 · Senate

State and Local Governmental Operations

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

January 27, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
January 22, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2091259
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB421.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00