Data Center Project Labor Agreements (HB6141)

Current understanding

HB6141 would amend 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1–460.11) by adding Sec. 10kk to require electric utilities to use project labor agreements (PLAs) for certain data center contracts. The bill is tie-barred to HB6135, HB6137, HB6138, HB6139, HB6140, and HB6142, making it the labor-standards component of the coordinated data center package. Status: introduced; the mechanism would attach construction labor conditions to utility infrastructure work serving large data center loads.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-18 — Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements and prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.: SB1048 introduces a Senate companion approach adding Sec. 10ii to 1939 PA 3, requiring both project labor agreements and prevailing wage/fringe benefit rates for certain data center contracts — broader in labor scope than HB6141’s PLA-only Sec. 10kk. (novelty: 3)
• 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) adds a decommissioning, dismantling, and remediation regime under 1939 PA 3 (new Sec. 10jj), sitting alongside HB6141’s PLA requirements within the same utility act. (novelty: 3)

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