---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol laws relating to self-service"
description: "Revise alcohol laws relating to self-service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "Montana HB 123 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 35
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-11-06T20:56:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T19:22:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa16b9e-1be1-4274-82bd-31805fea97e0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0884?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "07972bb24059a2cb2bd76e9a7c7aef470fcc00d8b3c0e7911b1222930a93dc11"
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 123 (2025) — Revise alcohol laws relating to self-service

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0123.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271830)
2. **HB0123_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269947)
3. **HB0123_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272060)
4. **HB0123_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272061)
5. **HB0123_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272062)
6. **HB0123_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272063)
7. **HB0123_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275280)
8. **HB0123_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276336)
9. **HB0123_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269904)
10. **HB0123_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272065)
11. **HB0123_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275287)
12. **HB0123_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276343)
13. **HB0123_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277648)
14. **HB0123_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302871)
15. **HB0123_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307743)
16. **HB0123_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307747)
17. **HB0123_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272066)
18. **HB0123_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272067)
19. **HB0123_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272117)
20. **HB0123_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272119)
21. **HB0123_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272120)
22. **HB0123_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272130)
23. **HB0123_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272131)
24. **HB0123_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272137)
25. **HB0123_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272064)
26. **HB0123_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316806)
27. **HB0123_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320382)
28. **HB0123_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321426)
29. **HB0123_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321427)
30. **HB0123_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321428)
31. **HB0123_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324604)
32. **HB0123_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326008)
33. **HB0123_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327435)
34. **HB0123_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310866)
35. **LC0884.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=268141)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- to_table — **10–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-06T20:56:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-03T19:31:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-04T00:36:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-13T14:38:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-13T20:43:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-16T12:56:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-20T19:33:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-07T15:08:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-07T15:21:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-07T15:37:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-07T18:53:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-07T20:17:20+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-09T18:28:49+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-09T20:54:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-09T22:21:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-10T23:05:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-16T19:06:41+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T20:22:45+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T21:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T22:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-23T20:40:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T17:31:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:22:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-19T17:27:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-03-19T17:37:01+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-02T16:37:34+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-02T19:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:32:44+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-10T23:12:13+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T00:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T19:22:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa16b9e-1be1-4274-82bd-31805fea97e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).