---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to beer and wine licenses"
description: "Generally revise laws related to beer and wine licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Montana HB 68 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Nikolakakos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:32:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:26:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daaa1fc1-b3c2-471e-916d-14e52efb1d46"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0418"
source_hash: "8a241ab81e6cf712cdb23d1a34e839dc8e981cdc52bf8beb53d976c8f4912413"
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 68 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to beer and wine licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0068.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2154)
2. **HB0068.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2155)
3. **HB0068_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2157)
4. **HB0068_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2158)
5. **HB0068_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2159)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Nikolakakos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:26:54+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:04:59+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`
- **2023-02-27T23:38:50+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T23:38:49+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T22:04:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T21:41:03+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-13T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T21:14:00+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
- **2023-02-01T21:36:05+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-27T15:30:23+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T17:40:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T14:39:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-20T14:39:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-20T14:05:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-19T22:01:26+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-19T21:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-18T20:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-16T15:05:55+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-12T23:14:25+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-12T20:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T20:12:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T22:07:46+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-03T14:25:21+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-02T20:39:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:20:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:53:37+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:29:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:05:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:57:38+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-14T18:05:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-14T18:05:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T20:35:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-07T18:41:26+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-04T19:09:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T17:55:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-04T16:04:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-02T19:36:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T17:59:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:32:46+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/daaa1fc1-b3c2-471e-916d-14e52efb1d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).