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Committee backs H 895 to limit data-center water draw with non-consumptive cooling requirement
Summary
The House Resources & Conservation Committee advanced H 895, which directs future data centers to adopt non‑consumptive cooling or secure municipal/district water supplies to avoid unsustainable withdrawals; the committee sent the bill to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation by voice vote.
Rep. Raybould presented H 895, saying the bill “stipulates non‑consumptive water cooling system designs, or the securing of water supply from a municipality or water district, to ensure centers are not pulling more water than can be sustained.” The committee moved the bill forward after a motion by Rep. Mickelsen; the motion carried by voice vote and Rep. Raybould will sponsor H 895 on the House floor.
Supporters framed the bill as a preventive step to protect local water supplies from heavy industrial draw by future data centers, while the record contains no formal opposition recorded during the committee minutes. The committee did not record a roll‑call tally for this action; the official motion is recorded as carried by voice vote.
