Scope
House Bill 5777 of 2026 would create the large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act, requiring registration of certain large-scale data centers, regulating related activities and construction-contract provisions, providing for fees and a large-scale data center financial responsibility fund, and requiring financial security that a state director could draw on to stabilize a registered large-scale data center or, if it is permanently closed or abandoned, to decommission and restore the site under an order. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 14 April 2026, with no later action recorded as of 23 September 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Michigan Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 5 October 2026
Summary
House Bill 5777 of the 2025-2026 Michigan session would require registration and financial security for large-scale data centers, with a state fund and authority to order decommissioning and site restoration of closed or abandoned facilities. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 14 April 2026. It is a proposal, not law.
What this does not establish
- Only the introduced text was opened; thresholds, fees and the identity of the director are not restated.
- Construction labor provisions in the bill are not described.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5777
- House Bill 5777 of 2026, large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act, introduced text bill text quoted for scope