MontanaHB 80769th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

Prohibiting vaccines allowed under an emergency use authorization or undergoing safety trials to be required

Sponsored By: Jedediah Hinkle (Republican)

Became Law

HealthSafety

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Bill Overview

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4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

No discrimination for vaccine status

You cannot be denied state or local services, goods, facilities, licenses, education, health care, or jobs because of your vaccination status or an immunity passport. Employers cannot refuse to hire you, cut your pay, or change your job terms for that reason. Public places cannot exclude you or refuse service for that reason. Your employer may recommend vaccines, and that is not discrimination. An immunity passport is any document or app that shows you are immune. Vaccination status means whether you have received one or more vaccine doses.

No mandates for emergency-use or trial vaccines

No one can require you to get a vaccine that is allowed only under an emergency use authorization or that is still in safety trials. The law bans mandates for those vaccines.

School and day-care vaccine rules stay

School and day-care vaccine rules still apply to children. The law’s ban on vaccine-status discrimination does not change those requirements.

Health care worker vaccine checks

If you work at a health care facility, your employer can ask you to share your vaccine or immunity status. If you do not share it, they can treat you as unvaccinated. The facility must use reasonable safety steps to protect staff, patients, visitors, and others who are unvaccinated or not immune.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Jedediah Hinkle
Republican • House

Cosponsors

Carl Glimm
Republican • Senate
Steve Fitzpatrick
Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 174 • No: 118

House vote • 4/22/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 32 • No: 18

House vote • 4/18/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 28 • No: 16

House vote • 3/7/2025

Do Pass

Yes: 57 • No: 42

House vote • 3/6/2025