---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise alcohol laws, including storage depots"
description: "Generally revise alcohol laws, including storage depots"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Montana HB 48 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:50:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:14:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf9f52b-e1ea-4979-86d6-676d18f9beba"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0431"
source_hash: "c7258082da8db4be1299c210d69846559c0d81f87b8798790de908b3f418917d"
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 48 (2023) — Generally revise alcohol laws, including storage depots

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0048_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2917)
2. **HB0048_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2918)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:14:07+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:01:36+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`
- **2023-02-27T22:46:07+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T22:46:06+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-13T16:43:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-10T22:12:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-09T21:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-27T21:05:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T15:30:14+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T20:11:40+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18T17:50:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T17:49:08+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-17T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-16T20:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T20:10:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T18:05:35+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T01:25:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:27:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:26:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-20T15:06:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:43:10+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:15:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-08T22:59:28+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-08T22:59:27+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-29T17:22:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-23T22:15:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-18T21:58:10+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-18T21:58:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-15T18:02:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-15T01:00:11+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-09T23:45:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-09T21:51:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-09T18:58:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-04T17:46:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:50:21+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/1bf9f52b-e1ea-4979-86d6-676d18f9beba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).