Data Center Community Benefit Agreement Act (SB1050)

Current understanding

SB1050 would create a new standalone Michigan act requiring certain data centers to be subject to community benefit agreements as a condition of operation. It appears to be a Senate companion or parallel vehicle to HB6137, extending the community benefit framework into the Senate’s data center legislative package alongside SB1048 (prevailing wage/PLA) and SB0762 (energy & water usage reporting). Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-18 — Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1050’26: SB1051 was introduced tie-barred to SB1050, amending the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3205) to hook local zoning decisions into the SB1050 community benefit framework — mirroring the HB6136/HB6137 pairing on the House side. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-18 — Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act.: cross-connection with data-center-community-benefit-act: SB1050 and HB6137 are parallel Senate/House vehicles both creating a new act mandating community benefit agreements for certain data centers. (novelty: 3)

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