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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Montana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mont. Const. art. V; codified at Mont. Code Ann. sec. 49-2-312
- Issued
- 2021-05-07 May 7, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-07 (approved and effective on passage and approval) (read as 2021-05-07)
- End
- In force (statute); health-care-facility provisions later enjoined in part (post-period, not researched) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 7, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther
- Addressees
- every person, governmental entity, employer and public accommodation in Montana, including the Montana University System
- Functions reached
- IN no vaccination condition on educational opportunities
- HR
- WF
- CB
- Collection
- Colleges, Universities and Community Colleges SEC-27
Operative words
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's 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's 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's vaccination status or whether the person has an immunity passport.
Enforcement
Montana Human Rights Act remedies (Mont. Code Ann. Title 49, ch. 2)
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).
Retrieval noteCodified text read on the Legislature's MCA site (rendered Sept. 28, 2026); the enrolled-bill PDF could not be retrieved (leg.mt.gov and archive.legmt.gov served non-PDF responses). Duplicates Ex. MT-072 in substance.