---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for quarterly collection of beer, wine, and hard cider taxes"
description: "Providing for quarterly collection of beer, wine, and hard cider taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Montana HB 124 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Bergstrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:15:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:32:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48725fe-c544-47f3-8b73-3fec31e5f76c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0465"
source_hash: "b7a9e7f265163146abd39ea4c30ffbb7f45ed4a330c4453038e234fc7b443670"
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 124 (2023) — Providing for quarterly collection of beer, wine, and hard cider taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0124_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3600)
2. **HB0124_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3599)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Bergstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:32:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:16:47+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-28T00:00:19+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-28T00:00:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-10T23:57:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-09T22:12:59+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-08T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T23:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-25T21:58:12+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T17:00:54+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T18:35:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T22:22:46+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T19:03:10+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-11T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T22:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T17:26:29+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T16:00:50+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:11:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:17:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:14:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:08:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:39:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-22T23:12:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-22T22:19:59+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-22T22:19:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-22T19:30:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-22T19:19:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-18T22:27:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-18T16:24:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-03T23:14:29+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-10-05T20:09:54+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-09-19T15:15:56+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b48725fe-c544-47f3-8b73-3fec31e5f76c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).