Age of Consent
Sex Education Required by State
Sex Education Type
Medically Accurate Content Required
LGBTQ+ Inclusive
Consent Education Taught
Adult Entertainment
Montana's age of consent is 16. There is a close-in-age exemption: sexual activity with a 12- through 15-year-old is treated as a lesser offense if the defendant is less than three years older, under Montana Code Annotated Section 45-5-502.
Montana has no statewide sex education mandate. When sex ed is offered, districts have broad discretion over content and approach. The state's guidelines do not mandate abstinence-only instruction, reflecting a more libertarian-leaning political culture on education policy. Instruction that does occur is more likely to be abstinence-plus in tone, but there is no binding framework either way.
Montana's adult entertainment environment is moderate. Billings, Missoula, and Bozeman have adult entertainment businesses operating under local licensing. The state does not impose unusual state-level restrictions on adult businesses. Montana's political culture is libertarian enough on personal freedoms that there has been no sustained campaign to restrict adult entertainment.
No mandate. Libertarian-leaning culture — few state-level restrictions on adult entertainment.
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In the News
- What to know about Montana’s new sex definition bill - Montana Free PressMar 30
- Foster Care’s Missing Policies For Sexual and Reproductive Health - The ImprintMay 9
- Access to Reproductive Health Care for Minors Is a Political Flash Point - State Court ReportNov 4
- Montana Supreme Court finds parental consent law unconstitutional - Courthouse NewsAug 14
- State Policy Trends 2023: In the First Full Year Since Roe Fell, a Tumultuous Year for Abortion and Other Reproductive Health Care - Guttmacher InstituteDec 19
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Sources: NCSL, Guttmacher Institute, SIECUS State Profiles, Wikipedia "Ages of consent in the United States". Laws change — verify current status with official sources.