MontanaMontanaLawSB 212
Montana Right to Compute Act
Limits government restrictions on private ownership and use of computational resources and requires deployers of critical AI systems controlling critical infrastructure to adopt a risk management policy and shutdown capability.
Signed by the governor, effective on approvalApr 16, 2025 1 year ago
- Body
- Montana Legislature
- Session
- 2025
- Introduced
- Jan 24, 2025
- In effect since
- Apr 16, 20251 year ago
- Sponsors
- R (Republican)Republican
Timeline
Apr 16, 2025 1 year ago
Mar 28, 2025 1 year ago
Mar 1, 2025 1 year ago
Jan 24, 2025 1 year ago
Sponsors
- R (Republican)Daniel Zolnikov
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Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
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