---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising alcohol licenses to remove an outdated reference to certain licenses"
description: "Revising alcohol licenses to remove an outdated reference to certain licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "Montana HB 50 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:42:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:15:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1675eb03-d275-4ff6-ac4a-b57b22bb0ed6"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0422"
source_hash: "21ea88340de3435169637b02dac384a3226c4fa01c4350d225df264764162755"
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# Montana HB 50 (2023) — Revising alcohol licenses to remove an outdated reference to certain licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0050_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2928)
2. **HB0050_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2929)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:15:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:01:55+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`
- **2023-02-27T23:16:14+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T23:16:13+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T22:04:24+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T21:41:01+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-13T21:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T21:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-01T21:36:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-17T15:30:50+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T21:29:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10T16:20:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T01:09:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-09T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-06T22:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-05T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T17:56:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T15:00:35+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:27:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T15:06:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:43:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T23:05:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:07:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:45:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-11T22:40:34+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-11T22:40:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T20:32:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-04T18:08:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-03T15:53:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-03T02:43:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-25T18:05:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:42:05+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/1675eb03-d275-4ff6-ac4a-b57b22bb0ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).