---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to agency liquor stores"
description: "Generally revise laws related to agency liquor stores"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Montana HB 69 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Falk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:42:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:27:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e829182-6bf7-4d37-b4ff-eb4f22209fcc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0423"
source_hash: "88d60c80379c44e0bd9526eb6ec49fd7e027993f0ba25f8f58c49741800c0d54"
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 69 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to agency liquor stores

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0069.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2162)
2. **HB0069.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2163)
3. **HB0069_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2164)
4. **HB0069_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2165)
5. **HB0069_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2166)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **90–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Falk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:27:29+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:05:17+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`
- **2023-02-27T22:48:33+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T22:48:32+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T22:04:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T21:41:05+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`
- **2023-02-10T21:18:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-27T21:04:57+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-27T15:30:22+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T17:40:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T20:32:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2023-01-18T20:54:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T23:18:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-12T20:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T20:12:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-03T02:58:01+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-02T20:39:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:21:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:53:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:31:45+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:09:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:56:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-11T22:47:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-11T22:47:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T20:34:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-07T16:18:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-04T18:50:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T17:31:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-03T16:15:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:42:22+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/6e829182-6bf7-4d37-b4ff-eb4f22209fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).