{"id":"SEC-27-014","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"27","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Legislature (House Bill 702, 67th Legislature), approved by Governor Gianforte","authority":"Mont. Const. art. V; codified at Mont. Code Ann. sec. 49-2-312","instrument":"House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person\u0027s Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified as Mont. Code Ann. sec. 49-2-312","title":"Unlawful discriminatory practice for a person or governmental entity to refuse services, goods, facilities, educational opportunities or employment based on vaccination status; employers may not require vaccination status; public accommodations may not exclude","dateIssued":"2021-05-07","effective":"2021-05-07 (approved and effective on passage and approval)","end":"In force (statute); health-care-facility provisions later enjoined in part (post-period, not researched)","startDate":"2021-05-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["every person, governmental entity, employer and public accommodation in Montana, including the Montana University System"],"clause":"49-2-312. Discrimination based on vaccination status or possession of immunity passport prohibited -- definitions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for: (a) a person or a governmental entity to refuse, withhold from, or deny to a person any local or state services, goods, facilities, advantages, privileges, licensing, educational opportunities, health care access, or employment opportunities based on the person\u0027s vaccination status or whether the person has an immunity passport; (b) an employer to refuse employment to a person, to bar a person from employment, or to discriminate against a person in compensation or in a term, condition, or privilege of employment based on the person\u0027s vaccination status or whether the person has an immunity passport; or (c) a public accommodation to exclude, limit, segregate, refuse to serve, or otherwise discriminate against a person based on the person\u0027s vaccination status or whether the person has an immunity passport.","enforcement":"Montana Human Rights Act remedies (Mont. Code Ann. Title 49, ch. 2)","functions":["IN no vaccination condition on educational opportunities","HR","WF","CB"],"notes":"The Q3 2021 instrument that fixed how every Montana campus could operate its access and employment policies; also Ex. MT-072 (enrolled bill) and MT-071 (DPHHS letter on scope, July 28, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0490/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0120/0490-0020-0030-0120.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":89914,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-27","url":"/library/SEC-27-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-27-014","citation":"Montana Legislature (House Bill 702, 67th Legislature), approved by Governor Gianforte, House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person\u0027s Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified as Mont. Code Ann. sec. 49-2-312 (May 7, 2021) (Ex. SEC-27-014)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-072","MT-071"]}