Scope
House Bill 5882 of 2026 would create the data center planning and responsibility act. It would allow a local unit of government, before imposing a moratorium on large-scale data centers or cryptocurrency mining facilities, to establish a task force, hold hearings or require impact studies, and would bar a local moratorium unless it is adopted by ordinance or resolution at a public meeting, states its scope, exemptions and a hardship appeal process, prohibits elected officials from entering into nondisclosure agreements about a proposed project, lasts no more than 6 months initially, and is the unit's first such moratorium. Large-scale data centers would be defined by thresholds the Public Service Commission sets. It is tie-barred to House Bill 5881 of 2026 and was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 23 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 5882 of the 2025-2026 Michigan session would set conditions on local moratoriums covering large-scale data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities, including adoption at a public meeting, a hardship appeal process, a six-month initial limit, a one-time limit, and a prohibition on local officials signing nondisclosure agreements about proposed projects. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 23 April 2026. It is a proposal, not law, and imposes no moratorium itself.
What this does not establish
- Only the introduced text was opened; the bill's other sections (for example the Commission threshold section and zoning provisions) are summarized only as far as quoted.
- The bill regulates how local moratoriums may be adopted; it does not itself pause anything.
- Tie-barred House Bill 5881 of 2026 (zoning enabling act amendment) is not part of this record.
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-5882
- House Bill 5882 of 2026, introduced text bill text quoted for scope