Bill > HB807

This bill amends Montana law to further protect individuals from discrimination based on vaccination status by explicitly prohibiting mandatory vaccination for vaccines that are under emergency use authorization (EUA) or currently undergoing safety trials. The legislation expands existing protections against discrimination, preventing employers, public accommodations, and governmental entities from refusing services, employment, or access based on a person's vaccination status or possession of an "immunity passport" (a document indicating disease immunity through vaccination or prior infection). The bill maintains existing exemptions for school and day-care vaccination requirements. Healthcare facilities are still permitted to ask employees about their vaccination status for implementing safety accommodations and can consider an employee nonvaccinated if they decline to disclose their status. Importantly, the bill adds a specific provision that no individual can be compelled to receive a vaccine that is either under emergency use authorization or in the process of safety trials, providing an additional layer of personal medical choice protection. The legislation defines key terms like "immunity passport" and "vaccination status" to clarify the scope of its protections.

Health and Social Services

https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2455