---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise alcohol licenses relating to the transfer of licenses"
description: "Generally revise alcohol licenses relating to the transfer of licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Montana HB 71 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:57:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:58:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c54d74db-22d2-4cbf-ae25-66806d430ce3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0435"
source_hash: "8364c639f7772beeb3c1d4c7831a7c5f73a415bd3d6dd342525d7968b8482ca6"
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 71 (2023) — Generally revise alcohol licenses relating to the transfer of licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0071.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2173)
2. **HB0071_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2174)
3. **HB0071_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2175)
4. **HB0071_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2176)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T19:58:17+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T21:50:48+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-23T17:17:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-21T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16T19:11:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16T19:11:58+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-08T18:06:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-07T22:33:30+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-06T22:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T22:31:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-20T15:30:14+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T22:21:57+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T19:07:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:02:44+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-11T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-05T21:23:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-05T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T19:48:45+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-03T15:00:02+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:40:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:21:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:54:15+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:48:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:18:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T18:21:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T18:00:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T18:00:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-15T17:37:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-10T20:42:11+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-10T20:42:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T19:28:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T20:50:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-07T19:12:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T18:17:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-04T16:51:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T18:20:44+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:57:12+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/c54d74db-22d2-4cbf-ae25-66806d430ce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).