**** 69th Legislature 2025 SB 475.1 - 1 - Authorized Print Version β SB 475 1 SENATE BILL NO. 475 2 INTRODUCED BY D. EMRICH 3 4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: βAN ACT PROHIBITING ALUMINUM IN VACCINES; PROVIDING 5 ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING 6 EFFECTIVE DATES.β 7 8 WHEREAS, aluminum is used to induce allergies in animals by pairing aluminum with a silicone- 9 covered food molecule to induce a permanent food allergy for study, and this is used to study treatments for 10 food allergies; and 11 WHEREAS, when a child receives a vaccine that contains aluminum, the aluminum can create an 12 allergy to anything that the child comes into contact with in the ambient environment; and 13 WHEREAS, a child receiving a vaccine that contains aluminum is 30 times more likely to develop an 14 allergic rhinitis than a child that has received no vaccines, due to the aluminum forcing the body into a hyper- 15 reactive state; and 16 WHEREAS, it is possible for vaccines to be manufactured without aluminum as an ingredient. 17 18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: 19 20 NEW SECTION. Section 1. (1) A vaccine 21 containing aluminum as an ingredient may not be used or sold within the state. A health care provider, as 22 defined in 50-4-106, may not administer a vaccine that contains aluminum as an ingredient. 23 (2) The department of public health and human services may use its authority pursuant to 50-1- 24 202 to enforce this section. 25 (3) The department of labor and industry may maintain a licensing action against a health care 26 provider for a violation of this section. 27 28 NEW SECTION. Section 2. (1) Within 30 days of [the **** 69th Legislature 2025 SB 475.1 - 2 - Authorized Print Version β SB 475 1 effective date of this section], the department of public health and human services shall provide notice of 2 [sections 1 and 2] to each vaccine manufacturer, vaccine distributor, and health care provider in the state. 3 (2) Within 1 year of [the effective date of this section], a vaccine manufacturer or vaccine 4 distributor shall submit an implementation plan to the department of public health and human services. The 5 implementation plan must include: 6 (a) a reasonable timeline for compliance not to exceed 90 days; 7 (b) provisions for the removal of vaccines containing aluminum from all retail, pharmacy, and 8 health care establishments in the state; and 9 (c) provisions for the distribution of aluminum-free vaccines to pharmacy and health care providers 10 in the state; 11 (3) Within 15 days of the date that aluminum-free vaccines become available for human use, the 12 department of public health and human services shall certify to the code commissioner that aluminum-free 13 vaccines are available. 14 (4) Within 30 days of the department of public health and human services certifying the availability 15 of aluminum-free vaccines, a vaccine manufacturer or vaccine distributor shall proceed with the implementation 16 plan submitted pursuant to subsection (2). 17 18 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [Sections 1 and 2] are intended to be codified 19 as a new part in Title 50, chapter 17, and the provisions of Title 50, chapter 17, apply to [sections 1 and 2]. 20 21 NEW SECTION. Section 4. (1) Except as provided in 22 subsection (2), [this act] is effective on passage and approval. 23 (2) [Section 1] is effective on the date that the director of the department of public health and 24 human services certifies to the code commissioner that aluminum-free vaccines are available. The director of 25 the department of public health and human services shall submit certification within 15 days of the occurrence 26 of the contingency. 27 - END -