Data Center Zoning & Community Benefit Agreements (SB1051)
Current understanding
SB1051 would amend Sec. 205 of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (2006 PA 110, MCL 125.3205) to make local zoning authority subject to the Data Center Community Benefit Act established in SB1050. It functions as the Senate companion to HB6136, layering a state-level community benefit requirement onto municipal zoning decisions affecting data center siting. Status: introduced; tie-barred to SB1050.
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: cross-connection with data-center-community-benefit-act-sb1050: SB1051 is tie-barred to SB1050 and provides the zoning-side hook (MCL 125.3205) that subjects local data center zoning to the SB1050 community benefit act. (novelty: 2)
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Contributing findings
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
18-jun-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
introduces