# Montana SB 212: Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure Montana SB 212, Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Zolnikov (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB212-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 212 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-24 - Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Information Technology - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (222 yes, 77 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - AI safety plans for critical infrastructure: benefit, high. When AI helps control a critical infrastructure site, the deployer must create a reasonable risk management policy after deployment. The plan must consider national or international standards like the NIST AI Risk Management Framework or ISO/IEC 4200. A plan made to meet federal requirements counts… - You can own and use computing: benefit, low. The law creates a right to own and use computers and other computing tools for lawful purposes. State or local rules can only limit your lawful computing when they are necessary and narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest. Government actions covered include laws, ordinances, rules, po… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Curtis Schomer (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 61 | 38 | | | 2025-03-27 | House | Do Concur | pass | 61 | 39 | | | 2025-03-01 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-30: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-28: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-27: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-21: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-13: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-01: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-27: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=27722f18-2916-4341-89dc-bae82123c584) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=abf11c36-ab57-458c-8ce6-2007168373a3) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e979a06f-74f7-4a3d-97d0-25294e43d686) - Introduced, 2025-01-24: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ca797863-7b97-4c54-8d0b-549b928ae3eb) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=27722f18-2916-4341-89dc-bae82123c584) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=abf11c36-ab57-458c-8ce6-2007168373a3) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e979a06f-74f7-4a3d-97d0-25294e43d686) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ca797863-7b97-4c54-8d0b-549b928ae3eb) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB212-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).