---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to alcohol fingerprint requirements"
description: "Revise laws related to alcohol fingerprint requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Montana SB 21 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:49:34+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:41:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e928af9a-5d16-4c6f-89b1-caf027199e5a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0429"
source_hash: "eef4d21dc72da27a59da50edb3f16041286b564e92e54a0136a8d4a6430bfd7a"
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 SB 21 (2023) — Revise laws related to alcohol fingerprint requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0021.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3173)
2. **SB0021001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10442)
3. **SB0021_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1883)
4. **SB0021_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1882)
5. **SB0021_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1881)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:41:22+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12T17:25:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:06:32+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T20:06:31+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T18:14:32+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T17:56:22+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-22T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T20:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:14:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:41:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T22:10:07+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-31T22:09:56+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-30T18:15:46+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-28T22:03:44+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-27T21:01:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T01:55:44+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T23:30:58+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T14:56:40+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-13T20:28:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T21:07:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-11T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T22:43:16+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-08T02:32:44+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-04T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:45:33+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-08T19:23:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-08T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-08T17:45:00+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2022-12-08T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-08T17:19:58+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-01T20:54:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T19:33:54+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T16:35:19+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-01T16:35:18+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-16T22:25:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T22:18:46+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T18:55:27+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T18:55:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-15T17:58:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-07T22:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-04T17:35:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T16:30:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-02T17:43:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:49:34+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/e928af9a-5d16-4c6f-89b1-caf027199e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).