Passed the Senate, 22 to 15, on March 23, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Senate Resolution 18
Urges states in PJM Interconnection region to require data centers to obtain electricity from new zero- or low-emission sources of energy.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
2 co-sponsors
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, adoption22–15
Passed · Mar 23
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Benjie E. Wimberly, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Gordon M. Johnson, James Beach, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nicholas P. Scutari, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal
Nay Anthony M. Bucco, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Holly T. Schepisi, James W. Holzapfel, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Michael L. Testa Jr., Owen Henry, Parker Space, Robert W. Singer, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Andrew Zwicker, Britnee N. Timberlake, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 13 – Mar 23
- Jan 13Introduced in the Senate and sent to Environment and Energy
- Mar 16Environment and Energy recommended it
- Read a second time
- Mar 23Passed the Senate, 22 to 15
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 13INT 1RS REF SENSenate
- Mar 16REP 2RSSenate
- Mar 23PS FILESenate
- Mar 23FSSSenate