---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising alcoholic beverage laws relating to wholesalers and distributors"
description: "Revising alcoholic beverage laws relating to wholesalers and distributors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Montana HB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:47:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T18:42:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b49f2c1-e902-4fed-afce-0984bd5f52b8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0425"
source_hash: "c0483f2ed0655556ca2faa67f2e0bf9c4646522bc70f379dfbd631252d3a5c26"
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 49 (2023) — Revising alcoholic beverage laws relating to wholesalers and distributors

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0049.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2921)
2. **HB0049_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2922)
3. **HB0049_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2923)
4. **HB0049_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2924)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T18:42:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:10:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-28T20:52:47+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-28T20:52:46+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:53:41+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:28:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-17T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T20:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T15:30:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-30T20:22:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T17:43:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T17:42:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-27T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:58:08+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-23T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T16:13:07+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-20T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-01-12T20:10:47+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-01-10T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:27:33+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T15:06:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:43:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T23:01:11+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:21:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-23T22:17:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-18T22:48:18+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-18T22:48:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-18T19:31:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-16T21:57:53+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-16T18:40:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T16:55:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-14T16:21:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:47:37+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/4b49f2c1-e902-4fed-afce-0984bd5f52b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).