---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws for retail beer license lottery"
description: "Revise laws for retail beer license lottery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 428"
citation: "Montana HB 428 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald W Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9c3144-3b92-4e33-8385-d49c6bcdd2d6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2368&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "3912a5e7cf58836b821bd9a818c03324770d5e39676d0b1f6c016860d6a6de4b"
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 HB 428 (2017) — Revise laws for retail beer license lottery

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0428.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **17–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–7** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Donald W Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-03** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-06** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-20** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-21** Hearing
- **2017-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-08** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2017-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-17** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-20** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** Returned to House
- **2017-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f9c3144-3b92-4e33-8385-d49c6bcdd2d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).