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HOUSE BILL NO. 6070
A bill to create the anti-offshoring accountability act; to
provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities; to impose certain duties on
certain employers; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "anti-offshoring 1
accountability act". 2
Sec. 3. As used in this act: 3
(a) "Call center" means a centralized office used primarily 4
June 10, 2026, Introduced by Reps. DeSana, O'Neal and Morgan and referred to Committee on
Economic Competitiveness.
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for receiving or transmitting customer requests or inquiries by 1
telephone. 2
(b) "Department" means the department of labor and economic 3
opportunity. 4
(c) "Employer" means a person that meets both of the following 5
conditions: 6
(i) Employs, either full-time or part-time, 50 or more 7
individuals at a call center. 8
(ii) Receives any of the following from this state in 9
accordance with a written agreement that is entered into on or 10
after the effective date of this act: 11
(A) A grant. 12
(B) A loan. 13
(C) A tax incentive. 14
(d) "Person" means an individual or a sole proprietorship, 15
partnership, association, corporation, or any other legal entity. 16
Sec. 5. (1) An employer shall notify the department not less 17
than 30 days before the employer does either of the following: 18
(a) Relocates either of the following from this state to a 19
foreign country: 20
(i) A call center. 21
(ii) A facility or operating unit within a call center 22
comprising at least 30% of the call center's total call volume as 23
measured against the call center's average call volume during the 24
immediately preceding 12-month period. 25
(b) Closes or otherwise ceases the operations of a call center 26
or a facility or operating unit described in subdivision (a)(ii) if 27
the employer contracts with or intends to contract with a person to 28
provide the same services in a foreign country that the call 29
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center, facility, or operating unit provided. 1
(2) An employer that violates subsection (1) must repay to the 2
state any loan, grant, or tax incentive that the employer received 3
from this state if the written agreement for the loan, grant, or 4
tax incentive includes a provision that requires repayment for a 5
violation of subsection (1). The prosecutor of the county in which 6
the violation occurred or the attorney general may bring an action 7
to collect the repayment. 8
Sec. 7. (1) Beginning 6 months after the effective date of 9
this act, and every 6 months thereafter, the department shall 10
compile a registry of the employers required to provide notice 11
under section 5(1). The registry must include all of the following 12
information: 13
(a) The name of the employer. 14
(b) The date of the relocation or closing, as applicable. 15
(c) The number of jobs to be relocated or eliminated, as 16
applicable. 17
(d) The location of the relocated or new call center, 18
facility, or operating unit, including the name of the city and the 19
country. 20
(2) Only authorized state agencies, as determined by the 21
department, may access the registry for the purpose of determining 22
if an employer is eligible for a grant, loan, or tax incentive. 23
(3) An employer shall remain on the registry for not less than 24
5 years or until the employer repays in full any grant, loan, or 25
tax incentive under section 5, whichever occurs first. 26
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the 27
date it is enacted into law. 28