AI law comparison · Data verified 2026-08-22
Montana Right to Compute Act vs Texas TRAIGA
Montana Right to Compute Act and Texas TRAIGA are two of the 169 AI and data regulations Aegis Firma tracks. They have different scopes, effective dates, and penalties — and many businesses fall under both. Here is the side-by-side, drawn directly from the regulatory registry.
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Summary of publicly available regulatory text. Verify against current official sources before relying on this for compliance decisions. Not legal advice.
The key difference
Montana Right to Compute Act takes effect first, so it is usually the more urgent of the two. Montana Right to Compute Act tracks 1 compliance requirement and Texas TRAIGA tracks 7. They are not interchangeable — meeting one does not discharge the other. The practical question is not which law is “stricter,” but which of them — or both — actually applies to your business.
Montana Right to Compute Act + AI Governance (SB 212)
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 212 (the Montana Right to Compute Act) on April 17, 2025 — the first US state law affirming a right to own and use computational resources. The enacted law has two real, verified components: (1) it establishes a fundamental right to privately own and use computational resources (hardware, software, AI tools) for lawful purposes, applying strict scrutiny to any govern…
Full Montana Right to Compute Act requirementsTexas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA / HB 149)
Texas HB 149 (TRAIGA), signed June 22, 2025 and codified as Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Title 11, Subtitle D (ch. 551–552, with a ch. 553 regulatory sandbox and a ch. 554 Texas AI Council), prohibits specific harmful AI practices and imposes disclosure obligations. The Act focuses on intent-based liability. Subchapter B contains exactly seven prohibition/disclosure sections (§§ 552.051–552.057, verified against the enrolle…
Full Texas TRAIGA requirementsCommon questions
Could both Montana Right to Compute Act and Texas TRAIGA apply to my business?
Yes. Montana Right to Compute Act and Texas TRAIGA are separate regulations with separate scopes — a business can fall under both at once. Montana Right to Compute Act covers Applies in two layers. Texas TRAIGA covers Applies to any person or entity that: (1) develops an AI system intended to interact with or make decisions about Texas residents; OR (2) deploys an AI system i… If your operations meet both scopes, you must comply with both. Aegis Firma's free scan checks all 169 tracked regulations against your business profile so you do not have to read each law to find out.
Which has the higher maximum penalty — Montana Right to Compute Act or Texas TRAIGA?
Montana Right to Compute Act: No statutory monetary penalty specified in SB 212 itself for the risk-management-policy duty; the Right to Compute strict-scrutiny provision is a constraint on government action, enforceable via civil litigation/injunctive relief, not a penalty schedule. Texas TRAIGA: $10,000–$12,000 per curable violation; $80,000–$200,000 per violation a court determines uncurable; $2,000–$40,000 per day for continuing violations (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 552.105(a)); state licensing agencies may add license suspension/probation/revocation or up to $100,000 on AG recommendation (§ 552.106). TX AG exclusive enforcement, no private right of action (§ 552.101), mandatory 60-day cure (§ 552.104) Penalty structures differ by regulator and violation type — read each law's full page for the cure periods and per-violation detail.
When does each law take effect?
Montana Right to Compute Act — effective 2025-04-17. Texas TRAIGA — effective 2026-01-01. Dates last verified against official sources on 2026-08-22 and 2026-08-25 respectively.
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