Michigan legislation · 103rd Legislature
Michigan HB6426: Businesses: other; data center local decision protection act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6427'26
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
To regulate certain activities related to large-scale data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
From the introduced text, September 30, 2026:
A bill to regulate certain activities related to large-scale data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies; and to prescribe civil sanctions. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "data center local decision protection act". Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "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, whether through ownership, contract, lease, management agreement, development agreement, option agreement, power purchase arrangement, interconnection request, financing arrangement, or other means. (b) "Data center" means a facility, campus, group of buildings, or commonly controlled development that is primarily used to house, operate, or support servers, data storage systems, networking equipment, cooling systems, power infrastructure, or other information technology equipment for the purpose of processing, storing, managing, or transmitting digital data, including, but not limited to, cloud computing, artificial intelligence computing, high-performance computing, cryptocurrency mining, or collocation services. (c) "Large-scale data center" means a data center that meets 1 or more of the following: (i) Has, is designed to have, is …
Sponsors
- Miller, Reggie (D, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : bill electronically reproduced 09/30/2026
- : referred to Committee on Government Operations
- : read a first time
- : introduced by Representative Rep. Reggie Miller
Subjects: Local government: other, Businesses: other
Common questions
- What is HB6426?
- HB6426 is a bill in the Michigan Legislature (103rd Legislature): Businesses: other; data center local decision protection act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6427'26.
- What does HB6426 do?
- In its own words: To regulate certain activities related to large-scale data centers; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
- What is the status of HB6426?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: bill electronically reproduced 09/30/2026 (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB6426?
- Miller, Reggie (D, 31).
- Where is the official record for HB6426?
- On the Michigan Legislature website: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-6426
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