Montana — Executive Order 5-2025 (406 JOBS Initiative)

Gov. Gianforte's order directs the Department of Labor & Industry and the State Workforce Innovation Board to expand AI training, integrate AI tools into workforce services, and prioritize AI-readiness in state talent-development programs.

Technical detail

Gov. Gianforte's order directs the Department of Labor & Industry and the State Workforce Innovation Board to expand AI training, integrate AI tools into workforce services, and prioritize AI-readiness in state talent-development programs.

Who is protected: Residents interacting with state government AI systems; public-sector data subjects.

Who must comply: Montana Department of Labor & Industry and the State Workforce Innovation Board (state executive-branch agencies)

Key facts

More AI rules in Montana

• Montana MCDPA · In effect
• MT Election Deepfake Law · In effect
• MT Right to Compute Act · In effect
• Montana SB 413 (crime to share explicit deepfakes) · In effect
• Montana HB 514 (sextortion deepfakes in privacy crime) · In effect
• Montana HB 178 (limits on government AI use) · In effect

Related government use of AI rules elsewhere

• Office of Artificial Intelligence Oversight · Proposed / pending
• AI Gendered Impact Assessment + Interagency Taskforce · Proposed / pending
• NYC resolution urging NY State to pass Advanced AI Licensing Act (A.3356) · Status unknown
• Emergency 365-day moratorium on new data centers (>20 MVA) · In effect
• Resolution setting Seattle data-center impact-study framework · In effect
• Six-month moratorium on data centers >350,000 sq ft (Minneapolis) · In effect