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Montana Right to Compute Act

Montana enacted Senate Bill 212 as the Right to Compute Act (Chapter 150, Laws of 2025), effective immediately upon passage.

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Muhtasari
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Athari za kimkakati
The Future of Montana Right to Compute Act
Utekelezaji wa Ulimwengu Halisi
Hatari & Walinzi
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Muhtasari

It declares a state constitutional interest in owning and using computational resources, limits government restrictions under a strict-scrutiny-like standard, and imposes a separate risk-policy duty for AI-controlled critical infrastructure facilities.

Dive ya kina

Montana SB 212 became Chapter 150 of the 2025 Session Laws and created Montana Code Annotated Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2. The Act’s findings connect the ability to acquire, possess and protect property and freedom of expression under the Montana Constitution with a right to own and use technological tools, including computational resources. The Act’s title also signals a narrower operational obligation involving critical infrastructure facilities controlled by AI. Section 2-10-204 provides that a governmental entity may not restrict or prohibit a person from acquiring, possessing or using computational resources for a lawful purpose unless the action is demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored to further a compelling government interest. This is a statutory standard for government action; it is not a universal immunity from generally applicable laws, and it does not create an unrestricted right to use computing for unlawful conduct. Section 2-10-205 separately requires a deployer that controls, in whole or in part, a critical infrastructure facility through a critical artificial intelligence system to develop a reasonable risk-management policy after deploying the system. The policy must consider the latest NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001 or another nationally or internationally recognized AI risk-management framework. Definitions and exclusions are important: the Act contains a carveout for certain natural-language systems that provide information, referrals, recommendations, answers or content when subject to an acceptable-use policy prohibiting unlawful content. The Act was effective immediately, unlike a future-effective proposal. It should be read as a limited state statute, not a general national AI governance code.

Ufahamu wa Kiufundi

Apply the Act in two stages. First, for a government restriction, identify the governmental actor, the computational resource, whether the purpose is lawful, and the necessity and tailoring evidence. The statute’s text does not eliminate other constitutional, safety or criminal rules. Second, for the facility duty, map the facility against statutory critical-infrastructure categories and determine whether a critical AI system controls it in whole or part. Evaluate each statutory definition before treating a model as covered. If covered, the required policy is developed after deployment and must be reasonable and consider one of the listed recognized frameworks. A policy that simply names NIST without assessing facility-specific hazards would provide weak evidence of consideration. Record system boundaries, failure modes, human intervention, incident response, testing and review cadence. This implementation detail is a prudent way to substantiate a reasonable policy, though the Act’s text should control over any voluntary checklist. Keep statutory requirements distinct from broad policy statements about a general right to compute.

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The Future of Montana Right to Compute Act

The Right to Compute Act has been law since 2025. Montana Code Annotated 2025 provides the current codification. Operators should recheck definitions and future amendments, especially if facilities adopt AI control functions or state agencies propose restrictions on compute access. Keep dated copies of the official code and regulator materials used for decisions. Reassess when a statute changes, a new rule takes effect, a vendor adds a feature, or the system begins influencing a different class of decision. Revisit the assessment when facility-control functions or threat conditions change.

Utekelezaji wa Ulimwengu Halisi

A state agency reviewing a proposed restriction on lawful computing identifies the compelling government interest and whether the restriction is demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored.

A data-center operator determines whether its facility meets the statutory critical-infrastructure and AI-control definitions.

A covered deployer creates a post-deployment risk-management policy considering current NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001 guidance.

A product team documents why a conversational system with an acceptable-use policy may fall outside the defined critical-AI category.

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What is Montana Right to Compute Act?

Montana enacted Senate Bill 212 as the Right to Compute Act (Chapter 150, Laws of 2025), effective immediately upon passage. It declares a state constitutional interest in owning and using computational resources, limits government restrictions under a strict-scrutiny-like standard, and imposes a separate risk-policy duty for AI-controlled critical infrastructure facilities.

Which Montana measure created the Right to Compute Act?

Montana’s 2025 Session Laws identify Chapter 150 as SB212 creating the Right to Compute Act.

What standard does MCA §2-10-204 state for a government restriction on lawful computing?

Section 2-10-204 sets the demonstrably necessary, narrowly tailored, compelling-interest standard.

Which actor has the risk-policy duty for covered critical infrastructure?

Section 2-10-205 places the duty on the deployer controlling a qualifying facility through critical AI.

When must the covered deployer develop its risk-management policy?

The statute expressly directs policy development after deployment.

Which framework may inform the required policy?

The Act lists NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, or another recognized national or international AI risk framework.

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