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HB646Introduced in the House

Create the Data Center Study Commission

Engrossed

Introduced by Gary Click, District 88

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

To amend sections 122.17, 122.175, and 3745.015 and to enact sections 122.55, 149.437, 1521.301, 1521.302, 1521.303, 4582.432, 4941.01, 4941.02, 4941.03, 4941.04, 4941.05, 4941.06, 5709.94, and 6111.70 of the Revised Code regarding data centers.

Where it stands

Recommitted: Energy

June 10, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Favorable Passage · June 10, 2026

8

Yes

3

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

11 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
George Lang4Yes
Shane Wilkin17Yes
Jerry Cirino18Yes
Timothy Schaffer20Yes
Kent Smith21No
William DeMora25No
Bill Reineke26Yes
Casey Weinstein28No
Jane Timken29Yes
Brian Chavez30Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Referred to committee: Technology and Innovation

  3. Reported - Substitute: Technology and Innovation

  4. Passed - Amended

  5. Introduced

  6. Referred to committee: Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology

  7. Re-referred: Energy

  8. Reported - Substitute: Energy

  9. Informally passed

  10. Recommitted: Energy

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