| Ex. MT-037 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (licensure late fees; pharmacist vaccination; classroom face coverings)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020, waiving licensure renewal late fees for certain establishments, authorizing… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Aug. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-039 | Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 by modifying state laws to address the consequences of COVID (Jan. 14, 2021)Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 by modifying state laws to address the consequences of COVID | Governor Greg Gianforte | MontanaState | Jan. 14, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesSupply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-072 | House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified at Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312Mont. Code Ann. 49-2-312. Discrimination based on vaccination status or possession of immunity passport prohibited -- definitions (En. Sec.… | Montana Legislature (67th), HB 702, approved by Governor Gianforte May 7, 2021; 2021 Mont. Laws ch. 418 | MontanaState | May 7, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-081 | House Bill 702 (2021)An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport | Montana Legislature (Governor Greg Gianforte signed) | MontanaState | May 7, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-27-014 | House Bill 702 (2021), An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on a Person's Vaccination Status or Possession of an Immunity Passport, codified as Mont. Code Ann. sec. 49-2-312Unlawful discriminatory practice for a person or governmental entity to refuse services, goods, facilities, educational opportunities or… | Montana Legislature (House Bill 702, 67th Legislature), approved by Governor Gianforte | MontanaState | May 7, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-015 | Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1601 (SB 65 sec. 1)Definitions ('public health guidance'; 'person'; 'premises'; 'personal protective equipment') | Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021 | MontanaState | Feb. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-043 | Order of Health Officer (closing bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos; food service to takeout and delivery)Order of Health Officer, March 16, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone (RiverStone Health) | Yellowstone County (Billings), MontanaCounty | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-044 | Order of Health Officer March 20, 2020, Amendment of March 16, 2020 OrderOrder of Health Officer March 20, 2020 - Amendment of March 16, 2020 Order | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Mar. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-048 | Order of Health Officer October 12, 2020 (12:30 a.m. close for bars and restaurants; 25-person gathering cap; masks and distancing required)Order of Health Officer, October 12, 2020 | John Felton, Local Public Health Officer, City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Oct. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-052 | Order of Health Officer November 19, 2020 (25-person cap; 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. closure of all places of assembly; 50 percent capacity; congregate care order continued)Order of Health Officer, November 19, 2020 | John Felton, Local Public Health Officer, City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Nov. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-054 | Order of Health Officer January 7, 2021 (rescinding all prior local public health officer orders)Order of Health Officer, January 7, 2021 | John Felton, Local Public Health Officer, City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Jan. 7, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-056 | Order, In the Matter of the Statewide Response by Montana State Courts to the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyIn the Matter of the Statewide Response by Montana State Courts to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Order | Supreme Court of the State of Montana (by the Chief Justice) | Montana (statewide judiciary)Court | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-063 | Amendments to Emergency Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001 (closures expanded and extended)Amendments to Emergency Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001 | Gallatin City-County Board of Health | Gallatin County, MontanaCounty | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-067 | Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-B, Establishment Restrictions (closures extended through April 30, 2020)Amended Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-001-B, Establishment Restrictions | Gallatin City-County Board of Health | Gallatin County, MontanaCounty | Apr. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-068 | Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase OneEmergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-003, Phased Reopening: Phase One | Gallatin City-County Board of Health (Becky Franks, Chair) | Gallatin County, MontanaCounty | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-070 | Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order)Cascade City-County Board of Health Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer) | Cascade County (Great Falls), MontanaCounty | Jan. 6, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-073 | Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, Powers and duties of local boards of health, as amended in 2021 (HB 121: governing-body control of emergency health orders; HB 257: local rules may not compel businesses to deny customer access)Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116. Powers and duties of local boards of health (MCA 2025 text with 2021 amendments) | Montana Legislature (67th): HB 121 (approved Apr. 16, 2021) and HB 257 (approved May 7, 2021 after an amendatory veto); codified at Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116(4)-(9) (amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 324, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 408, L. 2021) | MontanaState | May 7, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Events and venuesVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-016 | Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1608 (SB 65 sec. 8)Limitation on requirements | Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021 | MontanaState | Feb. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-018 | Press release and letter, 'AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County' (Gallatin City-County Board of Health and Health Officer Matt Kelley v. Rocking R Bar, Gallatin County Cause No. DV-20-1278B)AG Knudsen Orders Dismissal of COVID Curfew Case Against Rocking R Bar in Gallatin County | Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Department of Justice (press release with the full text of the supervisory letter to Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert) | MontanaState | Jan. 14, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-029 | DPHHS legal memorandum: Application of March 26, 2020, Directive to craft and hobby storesApplication of March 26, 2020, Directive to craft and hobby stores | DPHHS Office of Legal Affairs (Nick Domitrovich, Deputy Chief Legal Counsel; Robert Lishman, Staff Attorney) | MontanaState | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closure | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-030 | DPHHS legal memorandum: Application of March 26, 2020, Directive to vaping and tobacco product businessesApplication of March 26, 2020, Directive to vaping and tobacco product businesses | DPHHS Office of Legal Affairs | MontanaState | Apr. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closure | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-042 | Temporary Emergency Rule I, MAR Notice No. 37-960 (Notice of Adoption of Temporary Emergency Rule)In the matter of the adoption of Temporary Emergency Rule I to allow students and/or their parents or guardians the ability to opt-out of… | Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services | MontanaState | Aug. 31, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-045 | Order of Health Officer July 3, 2020 (restricting visitors to senior care facilities)Order of Health Officer July 3, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | July 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-046 | Order of Health Officer August 18, 2020 (school-sanctioned sports and activities)Order of Health Officer August 18, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Aug. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-047 | Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 (rescinding the Aug. 18 order; each County school to maintain a COVID-19 Plan)Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Sept. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Schools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |