---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to alcohol licenses"
description: "Generally revise laws related to alcohol licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Montana HB 155 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:56:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:44:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0235d6-4287-4803-94e5-87fb86081143"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0434"
source_hash: "c8650c960b746430debe88f4c08d93118f8a24aa717dca96989e4fb8cd8e5aef"
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 155 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to alcohol licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0155.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4105)
2. **HB0155.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4106)
3. **HB0155.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4104)
4. **HB0155.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4103)
5. **HB0155_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4107)
6. **HB0155_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4108)
7. **HB0155_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4110)
8. **HB0155_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4109)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:44:09+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T16:06:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:23:48+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:22:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T21:50:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-25T14:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-25T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T21:29:09+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-18T14:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T21:51:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-15T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-14T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-31T15:30:16+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-25T20:35:32+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25T15:55:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T22:53:27+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-24T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T21:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T22:50:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T21:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T16:29:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-10T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:23:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:24:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:24:33+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:10:16+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-02T22:14:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-02T15:00:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T20:17:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T20:17:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T16:30:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-25T21:16:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-22T17:14:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T21:53:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-10T01:54:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T18:17:56+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:56:51+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/dc0235d6-4287-4803-94e5-87fb86081143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).