Scope
House Bill 6140 of 2026 would create the data center transparency act. If a county, city, village, township or other political subdivision contracts with a data center owner to construct a data center in exchange for a tax incentive, the owner and the subdivision's elected officials could not enter into a nondisclosure agreement about the construction; redaction of information related to the data center's intellectual property would remain allowed, and nonconforming agreements entered, amended, extended or renewed after the act's effective date would be void. The bill takes effect only if six tie-barred bills are also enacted. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 25 June 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
- 1 October 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
House Bill 6140 of the 2025-2026 Michigan session would bar elected officials of a local unit that grants a data center a tax incentive in a construction contract, and the data center owner, from entering nondisclosure agreements about the data center's construction, while allowing redaction of intellectual-property information. It is tie-barred to other data center bills. The bill was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 25 June 2026. It is a proposal, not enacted law.
What this does not establish
- The bill takes effect only if six tie-barred bills (or Senate counterparts) are enacted.
- A separate 2025 House bill on local officials' data center nondisclosure agreements (House Bill 5399 of 2025) appears in the Legislature's search results and is not part of this record.
- Only the introduced text was opened.
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-6140
- House Bill 6140 of 2026, introduced text bill text quoted for scope