Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB257: Generally revise critical infrastructure protection laws
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising critical infrastructure protection laws; defining broadband and wired communications as a critical infrastructure facility; and amending sections 82-1-601 and 82-1-602, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION LAWS; DEFINING BROADBAND AND WIRED COMMUNICATIONS AS A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 82-1-601 AND 82-1-602, MCA. Section 1. Section 82-1-601, MCA, is amended to read: "82-1-601. Definitions. As used in 82-1-601 through 82-1-604, the following definitions apply: (1) "Critical infrastructure" means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of the systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters. (2) "Critical infrastructure facility" means: (a) one of the following, if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted on the property that indicate that entry is forbidden without site (ii) an electric generating facility, substation, switching station, electrical control center, or electric transmission and distribution lines and associated equipment infrastructure; (iii) a chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing facility; (iv) a water intake structure, water treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station; (v) a natural gas compressor station, including but not limited to pipeline interconnections, a city gate or town border station, a metering station, aboveground piping, and a regulation station and natural gas storage …
Sponsors
- Kmetz, Greg (R, 36) · primary sponsor
- Bogner, Kenneth (R, 18)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 24, 2025): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 21, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 5, 2025): 90 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 89 yea, 11 nay, passed
Subjects: Energy, Information Technology
Common questions
- What is HB257?
- HB257 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise critical infrastructure protection laws.
- What does HB257 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising critical infrastructure protection laws; defining broadband and wired communications as a critical infrastructure facility; and amending sections 82-1-601 and 82-1-602, mca.
- What is the status of HB257?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB257?
- Kmetz, Greg (R, 36), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB257?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2890
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