Oppose Senate Bill 65

Governor Gianforte wants to lift the mask mandate upon two conditions. First, when most vulnerable people of Montana are confirmed vaccinated. Second, when the Montana legislature provides Senate Bill 65 as an enabling act to protect businesses from COVID-19 frivolous lawsuits. Sounds great, right?

However, there are no frivolous lawsuits. The people, churches and businesses of Montana are defending their liberty to commerce and their right to conscience. They resist the attempt to be criminalized, in court, by the local health departments and are winning. Others are successfully litigating alleged health care malpractice and seek discovery. Yet others are litigating because of pain and suffering due to delayed or canceled surgical treatments.

SB65 shifts civil liability to the people of Montana and at the same time nearly eliminates all civil liability to health care providers treating COVID-19 and COVID-19 product manufactures when in compliance. Compliance dictated by SB65’s new definition of Public Health Guidance which “includes guidance related to COVID-19 issued by the following: CDC, Medicare, Medicaid, OSHA, the Governor, a state agency including the department of public health and human services or a local government including a local government health department or local government board of health. A new police power granted to mostly unelected pharmaceutical minions who will now have the extraordinary power to define the basis of acts of, or omissions, that constitute gross negligence, willful and wanton misconduct, or intentional tort. Does SB65 sound like medical tyranny, a basis of domestic terrorism?

SB65’s definition of COVID-19 “means SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating from it and conditions associated with the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating from it.” The definition of Premises includes any real property…as well as any other location, vehicle or place, serving a commercial, residential, educational, religious, governmental, cultural or health care purpose. Everybody and everywhere is included.

COVID-19 is a means to an end. The end is control. Defendable lawsuits in the pursuit of liberty, commerce and conscience are neutered. Malpractice lawsuits are neutered. This is not the time to be silent.

Oppose SB65. Tell Governor Gianforte no to SB65.