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Updated August 16, 2026

Montana: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in Montana: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 11.2% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 12.3%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

34 AI-related documents tracked.

• ## § 8.3.5 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS. (whitesulphursprings, MT) enacted
• MT HB479: Revise laws related to third party data privacy enacted
  Business services and analyticsPrivacy
• MT HB710: Enact online personal information protection act defunct
  Privacy
• MT SB350: Generally revise privacy laws related to student data proposed
  Children and minorsEducationPrivacy
• MT SB50: Generally revise laws related to data breach notification enacted
  DisclosurePrivacySecuritySecurity: Cybersecurity
• MT HB690: Generally revise pupil data privacy protections defunct
  Privacy
• MT SB384: Generally revise consumer privacy laws enacted
  PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
• MT HR3: Resolution to protect online personally identifiable information enacted
  Privacy
• MT HB697: Clarify government employee privacy rights defunct
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• MT HB255: Revise online data privacy laws for K-12 pupil records defunct
  Privacy
• MT HB662: Revise the Montana driver privacy protection act defunct
  Privacy
• MT HJ72: Interim study of personal data sharing by DOT defunct
  Government study or reportInput controls: Data usePrivacy
• MT SB163: Generally revise privacy laws related to biometric, genetic, and neural data enacted
  Medicine, life sciences and public healthPrivacy
• MT SB453: Prohibit sale of electronic data to the federal government defunct
  Government: other applications/unspecifiedPrivacy
• MT HB453: Revise insurance laws relating to telematics agreements defunct
  FinancePrivacy
• MT HB182: Revise Montana voluntary insurance telematics laws proposed
  FinancePrivacy
• MT SB25: Revise election laws regarding disclosure requirements for the use of AI in elections enacted
  Government: other applications/unspecified
• Montana AI Workforce EO enacted
  Governance developmentGovernment study or reportGovernment support: AI workforce-related
• MT HB877: Establish the Montana data center development act defunct
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• MT HB424: Revise taxes for class 17 data center property enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• MT HJ46: Study resolution on data centers defunct
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or report
• MT HB263: Generally revise digital asset mining and data center ratemaking laws defunct
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• MT HJ17: Interim study of facial recognition technology defunct
  Government study or reportGovernment: judicial and law enforcementViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• MT HJ48: Interim study of facial recognition technology enacted
  Government study or reportGovernment: judicial and law enforcementViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• MT HB577: Revise laws related to facial recognition technology defunct
  Government: judicial and law enforcementViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• MT SB351: Generally revise privacy laws related to biometric data proposed
  Input controls: ConsentPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• MT SB413: Criminalize disclosure of certain explicit AI-generated media enacted
  Broadcasting and media productionDisclosure: Of AI useTransparency
• MT SB397: Generally revise laws related to privacy and facial recognition technology enacted
  Government: judicial and law enforcementPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• MT HJ4: Interim study of artificial intelligence enacted
  Government study or report
• MT HB556: Generally revise usage of artificial intelligence in certain health insurance defunct
  FinanceMedicine, life sciences and public health
• MT HB594: Prohibit sales and use of certain autonomous robots proposed
  ManufacturingSales, retail, and customer relations
• MT SB67: Provide for the use of autonomous vehicles enacted
  Transportation
• MT HB339: Establish laws for autonomous vehicles defunct
  Transportation
• MT HJ10: Provide for an interim study regarding autonomous vehicle use in Montana enacted
  Government study or reportTransportation

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for Montana. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$18,918 in tracked political contributions across 54 records.

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