Montana Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center Montana State Team page. This page, along with the email updates you will receive, will help keep you informed of what you can do in your state to help you protect and expand your rights to informed consent to vaccination.

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Action Needed Now

There are no active action alerts at this time, but please check back soon.

Bills to Watch

The following table lists the active bills of interest for all states.

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
MT HB 676 2023-05-18 WATCH Expands & clarifies current parental rights law but fails to fix current law allowing minor consent to vaccination, missed opportunity Status: ENACTED, Signed by Governor Greg Gianforte on 5/18/2023, Effective date 5/18/2023, Chapter Number 527

Action: NONE
MT HB 715 2023-05-18 WATCH Requires schools provide vaccine exemption information but retains restricted religious exemption & no conscientious added, missed opportunity to fix Status: ENACTED, signed by Governor Greg Gianforte on 5/18/2023, Effective date 7/1/2023, Chapter Number 534

Action: NONE
MT SB 450 2023-05-08 SUPPORT Adds conscientious belief exemption to vaccines required for school, requires certain entities to accept religious and conscientious belief exemptions Status: Died, tabled in House Judiciary Committee on 5/8/2023; Passed full Senate by vote of 20 Yes, 10 No on 3/2/2023

Action: NONE
MT SB 369 2023-05-08 SUPPORT Provides coverage under Workers’ Compensation for employees experiencing serious adverse events from employer-mandated vaccines Status: Died, tabled in House Business & Labor Committee on 5/8/2023; passed full Senate on 3/3/2023

Action: NONE
MT SB 308 2023-05-03 SUPPORT Establishes the Patient Visitation Rights Act, prohibits a care facility from restricting visitation based on vaccination status Status: ENACTED, signed by Governor Greg Gianforte on 5/3/2023, effective 10/1/2023, Chapter Number 406

Action: NONE
MT HB 684 2023-04-27 SUPPORT Prohibits courts from using vaccination status in various legal proceedings concerning child abuse, custody, adoption & guardianship Status: ENACTED, signed by Governor Greg Gianforte 4/26/2023, Effective 4/27/2023, Chapter Number 286

Action: NONE
MT HB 710 2023-04-20 OPPOSE Authorizes a pharmacist to delegate administration of immunizations to a pharmacy intern or technician Status: ENACTED, Signed by Governor Greg Gianforte on 4/20/2023, Chapter Number 216, effective 4/20/2023

Action: NONE
MT HB 954 2023-04-06 SUPPORT Clarifies in state law which vaccines are required for daycare, adds religious belief exemption for daycare Status: Died, missed deadline for appropriation bill transmittal on 4/6/2023; tabled in House Human Services Committee on 3/30/2023

Action: NONE
MT HB 908 2023-04-06 OPPOSE Requires state education program & signed affidavits for religious vaccine exemption, enables private schools to reject exemptions, allows penalties Status: Died, missed deadline for appropriation bill transmittal on 4/6/2023; tabled in House Judiciary Committee on 3/30/2023

Action: NONE
MT HB 877 2023-04-06 OPPOSE Requires public and nonpublic schools to submit numbers of medical & religious belief exemptions to required vaccines to the Dept. of Health annually Status: Died, missed deadline for appropriation bill transmittal on 4/6/2023; tabled in House Human Services Committee on 3/29/2023

Action: NONE
MT SB 239 2023-03-13 OPPOSE Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe & administer additional vaccines, adds interns & technicians to vaccinate anyone over 3, requires reporting to IIS Status: Died, not heard at sponsor's request & missed the General Bill Transmittal deadline on 3/13/2023

Action: NONE

Announcements

The following table lists postings about events, initiatives, people, and pretty much anything related to protecting and expanding your rights!

State Title
MT 2022-11-10 Proposed administrative rule to add religious exemption for daycare informally object to by Interim Committee 8/26/2022