---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise resort area alcoholic beverage license laws"
description: "Revise resort area alcoholic beverage license laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "Montana SB 358 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 75
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-10-08"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf36f759-8a3f-4dea-b42c-e5f1b2ebcb5a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=358&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "6f8dd643ffa892a8d464f97bed185012228d0b119089fe75affe1e9fab124f9e"
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 358 (2019) — Revise resort area alcoholic beverage license laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0358_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_1.pdf)
2. **SB0358_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_2.pdf)
3. **SB0358_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_3.pdf)
4. **SB0358_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_4.pdf)
5. **SB0358_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_5.pdf)
6. **SB0358_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0358_x.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0358.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **52–47** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Buttrey D/CONCUR — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Gauthier D/PASS — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-08** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-13** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-03-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-23** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-23** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-29** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-01** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-09** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-11** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** 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/cf36f759-8a3f-4dea-b42c-e5f1b2ebcb5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).