Defense · Montana

Montana for defense AI workflows

Montana in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceGovernment-use limits, Right to Compute Act and deepfake laws

SectorDefense

Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Montana's AI laws

Law	Status	What it covers
Limit government use of AI systems	In force	Bars state and local government AI use for manipulation, discriminatory classification or most public-space surveillance; requires AI disclosure and human review of decisions affecting rights.
Right to Compute Act	In force	Government limits on private computing must be narrowly tailored to a compelling interest; deployers of AI-controlled critical infrastructure must keep a risk management policy (e.g. NIST AI RMF).
AI deepfakes in election communications	In force	Bars paying for or sponsoring election communications with deepfakes of candidates within 60 days of voting unless they carry a set AI disclosure; injunctions, damages and complaints to the Commissioner of Political Practices.
Disclosing explicit synthetic media	In force	Creates the crime of disclosing explicit AI-generated media of a person and lets the Department of Justice request information from certain entities.
Property right in name, voice and likeness	In force	Gives individuals a property right in their name, voice and visual likeness, including realistic digital depictions, with penalties for unauthorized commercial use.

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

Montana passed a cluster of AI laws in its 2025 session: limits and human-review duties for state and local government AI use, a Right to Compute Act that restricts government limits on computing and requires risk policies for AI-controlled critical infrastructure, and laws on election and sexual deepfakes. The Legislature does not meet in 2026, so no new AI statutes were added this year; the next session starts January 2027.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

Named alongside

NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

Sector pagePlanisphere for defense

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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