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

• CA EO N-6-26 (AI Workforce) · In effect
• WA SB 5982 (Data Center / Clean Energy) · In effect
• Arkansas public entity AI/ADS policy mandate (Act 848, 2025) · In effect
• One-year moratorium on data center development (Inver Grove Heights MN) · In effect
• FERC order directing PJM and other grid operators to reform · Enacted (not yet in effect)
• San Marcos citywide data center ban (Land Use Matrix amendme · In effect