---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise small brewery laws"
description: "Revise small brewery laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Montana HB 541 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Hertz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd887e49-5128-4467-a755-ea8456958190"
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=LC2409&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "2c64aec016874b57d473cab1b6cb10f12e7cd081409af916eb93808aef8c2170"
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 541 (2017) — Revise small brewery laws

## 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/HB0541.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-5 Thomas D/PASS — **31–19** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **15–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **40–9** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **89–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **85–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur as Amended — **42–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **84–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Adam Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-14** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-27** 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/fd887e49-5128-4467-a755-ea8456958190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).