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MI-HB6251 — Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.

Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionMichiganState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-08-27bill electronically reproduced 08/26/2026
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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NJ-S4659New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeRequires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.Related tracked evidenceMD-EO-01.01.2026.16Maryland · Executive actionExecutive Order 01.01.2026.16 establishes responsible data-center development reviewRelated tracked evidenceTX-DATA-CENTER-PERMIT-HALT-2026Texas · Executive actionGovernor Abbott directs TCEQ to halt data-center permits pending state auditsRelated tracked evidenceNJ-A5482New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeEstablishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.Related tracked evidence
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Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.

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Policy record 1Policy theme 5Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordMI-HB6251Businesses: other; energy i…MI-HB6251: Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themeJurisdictionMichiganState policy jurisdictionMichigan: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorReggie MillerpersonReggie Miller: personPolicy familyBusinesses: other; ene…MIBusinesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.: MI

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