Data Center Nondisclosure Agreement Prohibition (HB6140)

Current understanding

HB6140 would create a new standalone Michigan act barring public employees and officers from entering into nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers. It functions as a transparency mechanism within the tie-barred HB6135–HB6142 data center package, ensuring that siting, permitting, and community benefit negotiations conducted by public officials cannot be shielded by NDAs. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-25 — Businesses: other; requirements for data center decommissioning, dismantling, and remediation; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10jj. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135’26, HB 6140’26, HB 6141’26, HB 6137’26, HB 6138’26, HB 6139’26: HB6142 (tie-barred companion) extends the data center package to end-of-life decommissioning and remediation duties under 1939 PA 3, alongside HB6140’s NDA transparency measures. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Public employees and officers: other; nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135’26, HB 6141’26, HB 6137’26, HB 6138’26, HB 6142’26, HB 6139’26: cross-connection with data-center-zoning-community-benefit: HB6140’s NDA prohibition would prevent public officials from concealing terms of the local zoning and community benefit negotiations HB6136 authorizes, directly reinforcing public visibility into those local processes. (novelty: 3)

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