---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise alcohol laws relating to manufacturing and retail"
description: "Generally revise alcohol laws relating to manufacturing and retail"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Montana HB 305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-17T21:16:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:09:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f606526-3ebb-493c-a032-586b38f8dbc0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0761"
source_hash: "b42f79e41359e9d76d5f3dfede222b3442aecbb4eb73afad689aadd135a3ca49"
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 305 (2023) — Generally revise alcohol laws relating to manufacturing and retail

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0305.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6558)
2. **HB0305.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6557)
3. **HB0305.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6555)
4. **HB0305.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6560)
5. **HB0305.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6559)
6. **HB0305.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6553)
7. **HB0305.002.004_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6554)
8. **HB0305.002.004_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6556)
9. **HB0305_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6563)
10. **HB0305_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6564)
11. **HB0305_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6561)
12. **HB0305_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6562)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:09:05+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:31:11+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:36:43+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T20:36:42+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:12:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T19:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:14:50+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-14T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T18:52:24+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-16T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:55:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T20:13:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T14:57:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-09T22:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T22:41:47+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-02T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T00:53:02+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-26T15:30:23+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T20:08:56+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:41:20+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:36:16+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-21T15:59:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-21T15:59:13+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-19T21:39:14+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-18T20:49:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T15:17:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-18T15:17:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T12:41:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-18T02:51:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-18T00:16:46+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T00:16:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-17T21:46:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-17T19:26:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-14T20:55:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-11T18:39:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T21:16:46+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/6f606526-3ebb-493c-a032-586b38f8dbc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).