On May 5, 2025, Governor Gianforte signed Senate Bill 330 creating the Montana Blockchain and Digital Innovation Task Force.  The Governor charged the task force to:

1. develop knowledge and expertise regarding issues pertaining to blockchain, financialtechnology, and digital innovation technology; and

2. develop and introduce recommendations regarding policy pertaining to:

   1. the promotion in the state of the adoption of blockchain, financial technology, and digitalinnovation;

   2. the development of nonfinancial incentives for industries in the state related to blockchain,financial technology, and digital innovation;

   3. the promotion of partnerships with existing financial institutions and regulated financial service entities with respect to blockchain, financial technology, and digital innovation; and

   4. the regulation in the state of blockchain, financial technology, and digital innovation.

The bipartisan task force will report its findings and recommendations to the Economic Affairs Interim Committee and the Legislative Council by July 1, 2026.  All task force meetings will be open to the public with the option to participate via Zoom.  Meetings will also be recorded and made available on this webpage.

• Senator Gayle Lammers - Cochairperson
• Representative Curtis Schomer - Cochairperson
• Representative Kelly Kortum
• Representative Brandon Ler, Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Senator Shane Morigeau
• Senator Daniel Zolnikov
• James "Jim" Brown, State Auditor
• Andrew Butler, AttorneyDesignee for Attorney General Austin Knudsen
• Tanner Avery, Policy Director, The Frontier Institute, Inc.
• Mark Baker, Attorney, ABS Legal, PLLC
• William “Bill” Bickle, SVP Chief Risk Officer/Chief Credit Officer, Stockman Bank of Montana
• Loren Brown, President/CEO, Ascent Bank
• Randall “Randy” Chesler, President/CEO, Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
• Leigh Drogen, General Partner and Chief Information Officer, Starkiller Capital
• Julie Fredrickson
• Kevin Gilbertson, Chief Information Officer/Division Administrator, Montana Department of Administration, State Information and Technology Services Division
• Alex Miller
• Guillermo Perez-Ochoa, Owner, Liberty Oak Consulting
• Daniel Pittman
• Thaddeus "Thad" Pryor
• Sam Sill, President/CEO, Montana Bankers Association