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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise laws related to alcohol"
+description: "Generally revise laws related to alcohol"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 20"
+citation: "Montana SB 20 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-09-19T14:27:42+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-23T20:20:22+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad650233-efd7-468c-99f6-dc5667086969"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0415"
+source_hash: "1ccb1ec0d6e681efe4de2b245422160391c3376f2215cbe0752af6ee6028cc17"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana SB 20 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to alcohol
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0020.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3171)
+2. **SB0020.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3172)
+3. **SB0020001SCS12545.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10441)
+4. **SB0020_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1880)
+5. **SB0020_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1879)
+6. **SB0020_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1878)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **95–5** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23T20:20:22+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-03-23T19:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-14T22:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-11T00:04:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-01T19:13:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-01T18:46:55+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-02-22T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-02-22T21:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-16T14:26:43+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2023-02-15T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-09T21:59:55+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02T22:44:38+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-02T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-02-02T19:27:35+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-02-01T15:46:15+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-26T15:30:54+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-19T20:19:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-19T18:38:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17T17:23:12+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-01-16T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-13T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-12T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-11T21:08:05+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-10T15:00:37+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-02T20:14:16+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-02T19:45:16+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-02T19:05:10+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2022-12-30T23:41:04+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2022-12-09T00:22:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2022-12-09T00:22:24+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2022-12-08T23:47:44+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2022-12-08T19:24:03+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-08T17:19:43+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2022-12-01T21:20:20+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-01T19:33:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-01T16:34:48+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2022-12-01T16:34:47+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2022-11-29T17:02:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-11-29T16:21:15+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-11-28T15:52:18+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-28T15:52:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-11-18T17:35:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-11-14T21:00:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-11-12T05:10:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-11-09T19:13:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-11-03T18:18:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-09-19T14:27:42+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad650233-efd7-468c-99f6-dc5667086969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+