BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2148: Data centers tax preference

Providing a tax preference for rural and nonrural data centers.

Summary

Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase of eligible serve equipment, and related labor and services, for eligible data center in nonrural counties.
Extends the current sales and use tax exemption for rural county data centers.
Requires future rural data centers receiving the sales and use tax exemption to be developed under a community workforce agreement or project labor agreement.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 2148), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing a tax preference for rural and nonrural data centers;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2148 (2025–26) Pay it forward program · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2148 (2023–24) Public school staff wages · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2148 (2017–18) RTA low-income rebates · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2148 (2015–16) State auditor · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2148 (2013–14) Reproductive health ins. · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2148 (2011–12) Sexually violent predators · Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2011, 2nd Special Session
HB 2148 (2009–10) Achievement gap/strategies · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2148 (2007–08) School district boundaries · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor