---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revising alcohol laws"
description: "Generally revising alcohol laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "Montana HB 735 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-21T14:21:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T18:42:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef2c0813-d963-43ee-b5d3-4399a069c44e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0593?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d3d2eaa9e4b60cd3268efa906787870ff066caace635762b8e4f8b4d0d0ad2da"
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 735 (2025) — Generally revising alcohol laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0735_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287488)
2. **HB0735_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293924)
3. **HB0735_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294050)
4. **HB0735_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300005)
5. **HB0735_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310079)
6. **HB0735_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310082)
7. **HB0735_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287162)
8. **HB0735_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310087)
9. **HB0735_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322500)
10. **HB0735_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322501)
11. **HB0735_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324895)
12. **HB0735_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325890)
13. **HB0735_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310488)
14. **HB0735_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310490)
15. **HB0735_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310495)
16. **HB0735_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310496)
17. **HB0735_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316517)
18. **HB0735_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320129)
19. **HB0735_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321300)
20. **HB0735_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322499)
21. **HB0735_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310084)
22. **LC0593.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286305)

## Votes

- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-21T14:21:32+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-19T02:48:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T15:12:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T04:31:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T17:09:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T19:55:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T22:30:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T15:08:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T15:12:56+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T18:08:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T01:32:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-28T17:45:31+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T15:10:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-03T15:19:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-03T15:33:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-03T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T01:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:28:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:39:58+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:07:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-28T15:08:56+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-28T21:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-11T22:30:48+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T16:16:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:14:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-15T18:36:26+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:15:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:20:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:47:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T18:42:16+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/ef2c0813-d963-43ee-b5d3-4399a069c44e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).