Do You Know Your New Rights regarding Vaccines?
Recent changes in Montana law PLUS a huge victory on the national level for medical freedom
The dust has settled after the Montana 2025 legislative session and parents are wondering what happened during the session that will affect future decisions regarding their or their child’s healthcare.
One significant rule change package that went into effect on May 1st requires all licensed, “out of home” day care facilities that care for 16 or more children to accept religious exemptions for all regularly required vaccines. Home-based daycare facilities serving 15 or fewer children are still permitted to make their own decision about accepting exemptions.
This rule change was not the result of a bill, but of MT’s DPHHS wanting to ensure compliance with the Montana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which does not allow state action to “substantially burden a person’s right to the exercise of religion.” The RFRA was MT Senate Bill 215, passed in 2021 and signed by Governor Gianforte. This state law mirrors the federal RFRA passed in 1993 in response to a Supreme Court decision (Employment Division v. Smith), which weakened religious protections.
This is a huge victory for parents who want to make personal decisions on which immunizations their child receives. The legislature failed to get this passed as a bill for several sessions, so kudos to DPHHS for protecting religious freedom and parental rights for Montana children. To download a copy of the Religious Exemption Statement to use for your child, here it is:
Another strong vaccine legislation was HB 807, passed and signed into law on May 13, 2025. This law prohibits vaccines allowed under “emergency use authorization” (EUA) or vaccines undergoing safety trials from being mandated. It also has anti-discrimination provisions — making it illegal to discriminate based on vaccination status or possession of a “vaccine passport.” An individual, governmental entity, or employer cannot deny services, employment, or access to public accommodations based on a person’s vaccination status.
As we know, the Covid shots were mandated on society for years under EUA, so this is key legislation. We can never allow another “pandemic” to force an untested product onto the public. A huge shoutout to Rep J.Hinkle (Belgrade), one of MT’s best freedom fighters, for bringing forward this legislation.
Rep J.Hinkle also took action against rogue local Boards of Health, who may try a power grab of restricting personal freedoms by coercing or requiring a person to “receive any type of vaccination, medication, supplement, or any other type of drug treatment” after diagnosis with an infectious process (not necessarily a community outbreak) with HB 888. This bill was signed into law by our Governor and effective as of July 1, 2025.
Another great bill signed into law this year, again by Rep J.Hinkle, HB 350 prohibits entities such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum from having jurisdiction in Montana. It also prohibits the expenditure of public funds or allocation of public resources for the purpose of enforcing any requirements or mandates from these international organizations. This law will formally reject any authority that the WHO, UN, or WEF tries to exert over Montana.
As a reminder, the WHO had a vote pending to adopt the International Health Regulations (IHR) amendments, which would be catastrophic for our nation and our individual sovereignty (please refer to our prior Substack for a more in-depth look at the implications of adopting the amendments).
With a great sense of celebration, and, yes, relief, the United States rejected the proposed amendments of the IHR by the July 19th deadline. Take a listen to what Secretary Kennedy had to say:
This was a huge victory for medical freedom, bodily autonomy, evidence-based care, and the very sovereignty of our nation — all of the pillars that MMFA fight for. There are still many lingering concerns over the effectiveness and priorities of MAHA, but we will applaud this action from the Trump administration and keep fighting on.
One last bit of really promising news is that Congressman Massie (R-KY) has filed HR 4388 this week, a bill that would repeal the PREP Act. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act was a little known federal law passed in 2005, during the Anthrax panic, that encouraged the rapid development and distribution of “medical countermeasures” during public health emergencies (think vaccines, drugs, and devices).
This poorly thought through legislation provides liability immunity to persons and entities (ie pharmaceutical companies) from claims of loss resulting from the administration or use of “covered countermeasures” during a declared public health emergency, triggered by the Secretary of HHS. Not only does it cover pharmaceutical companies, but also healthcare professionals who prescribe, administer or dispense the “countermeasures;” manufacturers, distributors, program planners, and officials, agents, and employees of any of these entities.
The PREP Act is largely the reason that no one has been held accountable for the deaths, injuries, and chronic ailments hurled on society by the Covid shots. You cannot sue for malpractice any harms occurred from the vaccine because of this law.
In addition to this awesome bill, a fantastic attorney named Jeff Childers (Coffee & Coffee, anyone?), based in Florida, is currently suing the federal government over the PREP Act. The suit is called Moms for America v. HHS (Northern District of Florida).
Between Massie’s bill and this lawsuit, there is hope on the horizon that vaccine manufacturers, and everyone else involved in this unethical cash cow, will be held liable for injuries. BUT— Massie needs our help. He only has one co-sponsor — Rep A. Gosar (R-AZ). He needs more co-sponsors and YOUR Representative needs to hear that you support this bill.
Please! Reach out to your Representative (House.gov) and ask them to support HB 4388 and repeal the PREP Act. That’s all you need to say.
The time for unlimited immunity for disastrous products needs to end now.
Thank you for providing this information. I will contact Rep. Zinke and ask him nicely to represent us here in Montana by supporting that bills. Hopefully, he will do his job and work to help repeal the Prep Act, an abomination of a bill, which should NEVER have made it into law.