Legislators
Daniel Zolnikov
State Senator, Senate District 22, and Chair of the Energy and Technology Interim Committee
Montana Legislature (Montana Senate) · Montana (United States)
Role in AI policy
Montana state senator from Billings. He sponsored SB 212 (2025), the Right to Compute Act (Chapter 150, Laws of 2025), which recognises a right to own and use computational resources and limits government restrictions on them, and requires critical infrastructure facilities controlled by an AI system to have a risk management policy. Legislative records for the 2025-2026 interim list him as chair of the Energy and Technology Interim Committee, including on its January 2026 agenda.