Zoning for Data Centers & Community Benefit Agreements (Michigan Zoning Enabling Act)

Current understanding

HB6136 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 205 of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (2006 PA 110, MCL 125.3205) to make local zoning subject to a proposed Data Center Community Benefit Agreement Act, tie-barred to HB6137 which would create that underlying act. The pairing would condition data center land use approvals on community benefit agreement requirements, adding a new layer to municipal zoning authority over large industrial/tech facilities. Introduced.

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: Statutory moratorium on new data center approvals runs parallel to zoning-level community benefit requirements for data centers. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-23 — Higher education: other; regulation of development of college- or university-owned land through local government zoning ordinance; provide for. Amends sec. 201 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3201).: cross-connection with zoning-college-university-land: Both amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (2006 PA 110) to expand local government zoning authority over specific categories of development. (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: Both are part of the tie-barred data center bill package linking labor standards and local community obligations to data center development. (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 public-officer-data-center-nda-prohibition: Companion bills in the data center package: transparency for public officials (no NDAs) paired with local zoning and community benefit agreement requirements for data center siting. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Construction: permits; acoustic engineering report for data center; require to receive building permit. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by adding sec. 10a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135’26, HB 6140’26, HB 6141’26, HB 6137’26, HB 6138’26, HB 6142’26: cross-connection with data-center-acoustic-permit-requirement: Both are part of the tie-barred 2026 data center regulation package (HB6135–HB6142): the zoning bills subject data centers to community benefit agreements, while HB6139 adds an acoustic engineering report requirement at the building-permit stage. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit agreement act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6137’26: cross-connection with zoning-cryptocurrency-mining: Both bills amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (2006 PA 110) to impose subject-matter-specific constraints on local zoning for large-scale computing/industrial facilities (data centers vs. cryptocurrency mining). (novelty: 2)

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