---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise business law pertaining to alcohol delivery"
description: "Generally revise business law pertaining to alcohol delivery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Montana SB 320 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Corporations/Partnerships/Associations", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Trade Regulations and Competition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellie Boldman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 62
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de05a462-5046-4255-8706-dfb32e06810a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=320&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "cb09b2c931f5c44b6fb9be427d3440127cc264d064136e1a41aaea4d3b21dedd"
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 320 (2021) — Generally revise business law pertaining to alcohol delivery

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0320_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0320_1.pdf)
2. **SB0320_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0320_2.pdf)
3. **SB0320_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0320_3.pdf)
4. **SB0320_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0320_4.pdf)
5. **SB0320_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0320_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0320.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Buttrey D/PASS — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellie Boldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-15** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-20** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-08** Hearing Canceled - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-15** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-19** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-23** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-24** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-24** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to House
- **2021-04-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de05a462-5046-4255-8706-dfb32e06810a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).