Public Officer Nondisclosure Agreement Prohibition (Data Center Construction)

Current understanding

HB6140 (103rd Legislature) would create a new act prohibiting public employees and officers from entering into nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers in Michigan. The bill is tie-barred to a coordinated package (HB6135, HB6137, HB6138, HB6139, HB6141, HB6142) addressing data center policy. Status: introduced; specific enforcement mechanisms and definitions are not yet detailed in the record.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-04 — Businesses: other; moratorium on certain approvals for and operation of any new data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1019’26: cross-connection with data-center-moratorium: Companion measures in the broader Michigan data center regulation package. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-18 — Public employees and officers: other; certain nondisclosure agreements; prohibit. Creates new act.: Senate companion/parallel measure: SB1049 (103rd Legislature) would create a new act prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements for public employees and officers; introduced. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10kk. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135’26, HB 6140’26, HB 6137’26, HB 6138’26, HB 6142’26, HB 6139’26: cross-connection with data-center-utility-project-labor-agreements: Part of the same tie-barred data center reform package addressing labor, transparency, and siting conditions. (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-acoustic-permit-requirement: Both are part of the same coordinated 103rd Legislature package regulating data center development in Michigan — one blocks NDAs by public officials, the other imposes acoustic engineering permit requirements. (novelty: 3)

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