Michigan legislation · 103rd Legislature
Michigan HB6391: Businesses: other; siting requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6388'26
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
What the bill says
To impose site requirements on certain data centers; to require the submission of certain materials by the developers or operators of certain data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to prescribe civil sanctions; to provide remedies; and to provide for the promulgation of rules.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
A bill to impose site requirements on certain data centers; to require the submission of certain materials by the developers or operators of certain data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to prescribe civil sanctions; to provide remedies; and to provide for the promulgation of rules. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "data center siting and community protection act". Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Acoustic impact assessment" means an independent assessment by an acoustic engineer or other qualified expert of any low-frequency sound, vibration, tonal noise, resonance, or transformer hum emitted by a project on residential receptors and adjacent properties. (b) "Affected local unit" means a local unit of government in which all or part of a project is located. (c) "Agricultural impact assessment" means an independent assessment by a qualified expert of the impact of a project on surrounding soil moisture, groundwater, drainage, crop yield, and long-term farmland viability. (d) "Common control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, operations, development, financing, construction, ownership, leasing, or use of a facility, parcel, project, phase, affiliate, subsidiary, contractor-controlled site, special purpose entity, or related development, …
Sponsors
- Miller, Reggie (D, 31) · primary sponsor
- Foreman, Morgan (D, 33)
- MacDonell, Sharon (D, 56)
Latest actions
- : bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026
- : referred to Committee on Government Operations
- : read a first time
- : introduced by Representative Rep. Reggie Miller
Subjects: Land use: zoning and growth management, Businesses: other
Common questions
- What is HB6391?
- HB6391 is a bill in the Michigan Legislature (103rd Legislature): Businesses: other; siting requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6388'26.
- What does HB6391 do?
- In its own words: To impose site requirements on certain data centers; to require the submission of certain materials by the developers or operators of certain data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to prescribe civil sanctions; to provide remedies; and to provide for the promulgation of rules.
- What is the status of HB6391?
- In committee as of September 24, 2026. Latest action: bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026 (September 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB6391?
- Miller, Reggie (D, 31), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB6391?
- On the Michigan Legislature website: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-6391
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