Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center regulation act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1018’26
Key claim: SB 1019 amends the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act so it is subject to the Data Center Regulation Act, tie-barred with the SB 1018 data-center moratorium.
Abstract
(SB1019 · 103rd Legislature) Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center regulation act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1018’26 Sponsor: Sen. James Runestad ® + 1 co-sponsor In committee: S Government Operations Latest action (2026-06-04): Referred To Committee On Government Operations
Why this matters
SB1019 is the zoning-side lever that would give SB1018’s data center moratorium teeth at the municipal level, subordinating local siting authority under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act to a new state Data Center Regulation Act. For localities, developers, and utilities, it signals that state legislators are pursuing multiple parallel structures (moratorium vs. community benefit) that all funnel through the same MCL 125.3205 hook, so the ultimate constraints on data center siting depend on which tie-barred package advances.