---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising alcohol laws relating to death or incapacity of a licensee or owner"
description: "Revising alcohol laws relating to death or incapacity of a licensee or owner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Montana HB 43 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Estates and Trusts", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Marshall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:00:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T16:51:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d7ef2d7-3458-47ef-8e54-d8f272291373"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0442"
source_hash: "6104021606dc54adfe4846764b2611b199a21ac967c8a786b9530d7888abf5c9"
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 43 (2023) — Revising alcohol laws relating to death or incapacity of a licensee or owner

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0043.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2867)
2. **HB0043_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2868)
3. **HB0043_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2869)
4. **HB0043_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2870)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ron Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T16:51:30+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-17T00:22:59+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:01+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-09T23:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:38:28+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-06T23:13:34+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:11:03+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-03T21:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T22:31:54+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-19T15:30:36+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T22:39:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11T17:34:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T16:58:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T15:10:38+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-10T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-09T20:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-05T21:30:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-05T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T14:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T02:12:31+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-03T15:00:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:26:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T15:05:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:41:44+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:48:11+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-02T22:13:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-01T23:57:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T22:54:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T22:54:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T17:16:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-29T23:37:44+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-28T22:47:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T17:40:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-28T16:14:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-15T23:28:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T15:00:16+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/4d7ef2d7-3458-47ef-8e54-d8f272291373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).