2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

HB 2516

An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards.

In committee Last action May 13, 2026: Referred to Local Government

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 10

Prime sponsor

Jamie Walsh

Cosponsors (9)

Brenda Pugh, Charity Krupa, Jacob Banta, Jill Cooper, Kerry Benninghoff, Mark Gillen, Scott Barger, Steven Mentzer, Wendy Fink

Status

In committee as of May 13, 2026. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
May 13, 2026	House	Referred to Local Government

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.