---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol licenses related to restaurant beer and wine licenses"
description: "Revise alcohol licenses related to restaurant beer and wine licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Montana HB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Marshall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:00:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T15:22:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eacd3df1-2948-46ba-960a-ce450d58796c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0443"
source_hash: "85e5b5a8d460739c34c928cdfd0daa87efeb7770c8526600b5a7d91e536ca0e2"
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 72 (2023) — Revise alcohol licenses related to restaurant beer and wine licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0072.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2179)
2. **HB0072_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2181)
3. **HB0072_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2182)
4. **HB0072_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2183)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ron Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T15:22:57+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T01:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-14T14:41:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:41:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T22:49:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T21:16:22+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-05T19:52:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-28T14:09:18+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-25T20:35:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25T18:00:01+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T22:53:12+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-24T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T22:32:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T21:11:31+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T01:36:10+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-11T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:32:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T14:59:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-03T22:12:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T20:41:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:21:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:54:28+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:04:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-09T21:55:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-09T21:55:03+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-29T17:01:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T16:22:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-28T19:20:20+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T19:20:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-23T22:24:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-18T21:49:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-16T19:25:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-16T16:51:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-15T17:25:38+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T15:00:48+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/eacd3df1-2948-46ba-960a-ce450d58796c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).