---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol laws regarding auctions and quota areas"
description: "Revise alcohol laws regarding auctions and quota areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Montana HB 35 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 67
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2018-08-01"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcbe8433-e234-425b-bcef-a09f2934a3c0"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=35&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5bf46e01e1a94656166034d889bfb6bf4519418469b18fed964f60b39bdc177a"
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 35 (2019) — Revise alcohol laws regarding auctions and quota areas

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0035_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_1.pdf)
2. **HB0035_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_2.pdf)
3. **HB0035_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_3.pdf)
4. **HB0035_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_4.pdf)
5. **HB0035_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_5.pdf)
6. **HB0035_6.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_6.pdf)
7. **HB0035_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0035_x.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0035.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Brown D/PASS — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **88–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Buttrey D/PASS — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-01** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-11** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-29** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-01-30** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-02-28** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-03-08** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-21** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-03-21** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcbe8433-e234-425b-bcef-a09f2934a3c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).