---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise distillery laws relating to manufacturing premises and buildings"
description: "Revise distillery laws relating to manufacturing premises and buildings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 579"
citation: "Montana HB 579 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05T20:26:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T23:18:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b06ecf3-1535-4929-b412-28317fc6a370"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3208"
source_hash: "ba83d9840ae044e7df45a001e0510b201748edd3b0683c5001e53cbe36fd966f"
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 579 (2023) — Revise distillery laws relating to manufacturing premises and buildings

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0579_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9046)
2. **HB0579_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9045)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T23:18:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:33:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T16:26:14+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:25:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-28T22:01:15+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-28T21:20:06+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-27T21:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T20:18:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:10:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:54+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:44+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T18:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T23:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:39+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:36:53+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:53:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:07:46+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T01:40:32+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T23:59:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-18T18:34:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T15:03:09+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-18T15:03:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-17T21:46:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-17T20:50:49+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-17T17:13:29+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-17T17:13:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-17T02:13:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-15T03:28:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-13T06:29:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-13T00:38:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-05T20:26:28+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/2b06ecf3-1535-4929-b412-28317fc6a370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).