---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise beer wholesaler and table wine laws"
description: "Generally revise beer wholesaler and table wine laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 86"
citation: "Montana HB 86 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Buttrey"]
version_count: 50
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:01:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T14:51:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5358174-f6ab-4a97-8179-dcc6325e5aeb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0201?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "6161961b7f647a327a5525ce3c550383a86a076371055d1c94f600324a3ecd6d"
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 86 (2025) — Generally revise beer wholesaler and table wine laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0086.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271895)
2. **HB0086_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269204)
3. **HB0086_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272070)
4. **HB0086_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272071)
5. **HB0086_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272072)
6. **HB0086_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272073)
7. **HB0086_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275281)
8. **HB0086_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276337)
9. **HB0086_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269203)
10. **HB0086_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272076)
11. **HB0086_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276341)
12. **HB0086_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277141)
13. **HB0086_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298849)
14. **HB0086_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314974)
15. **HB0086_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314977)
16. **HB0086_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314978)
17. **HB0086_2(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314979)
18. **HB0086_2(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314980)
19. **HB0086_2(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314981)
20. **HB0086_2(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315028)
21. **HB0086_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272082)
22. **HB0086_2(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315029)
23. **HB0086_2(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315030)
24. **HB0086_2(22).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315050)
25. **HB0086_2(23).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315052)
26. **HB0086_2(24).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315053)
27. **HB0086_2(25).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315054)
28. **HB0086_2(26).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315056)
29. **HB0086_2(27).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316798)
30. **HB0086_2(28).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316800)
31. **HB0086_2(29).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316970)
32. **HB0086_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272088)
33. **HB0086_2(30).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316974)
34. **HB0086_2(31).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316984)
35. **HB0086_2(32).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317219)
36. **HB0086_2(33).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317478)
37. **HB0086_2(34).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317480)
38. **HB0086_2(35).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317484)
39. **HB0086_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272090)
40. **HB0086_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272091)
41. **HB0086_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272093)
42. **HB0086_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272094)
43. **HB0086_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272135)
44. **HB0086_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275285)
45. **HB0086_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272075)
46. **HB0086_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325021)
47. **HB0086_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325650)
48. **HB0086_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327266)
49. **HB0086_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323110)
50. **LC0201.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=268113)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:01:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-06T20:29:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-06T21:43:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-12T21:37:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-13T16:49:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-13T19:15:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-13T21:25:54+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T21:05:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-16T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T20:52:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2024-12-20T22:13:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:17:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T00:16:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-07T15:12:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-07T23:32:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-07T23:32:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-16T19:26:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T20:22:44+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T20:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T22:18:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-30T21:47:24+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T23:55:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:12:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-26T17:48:19+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-26T20:53:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:19:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-25T22:01:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T17:13:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T14:51:10+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/c5358174-f6ab-4a97-8179-dcc6325e5aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).