--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise alcohol laws relating to transfer of a license" description: "Revise alcohol laws relating to transfer of a license" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 241" citation: "Montana SB 241 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcohol", "Taxation"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wylie Galt"] version_count: 15 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-15T18:06:37+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T13:40:10+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f33aeef3-9bf7-4255-9f5e-380cd888674b" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4115?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "f86d1ec2d69c6363ad540e6777aa379bf82e02790f6d371a68ac32fc9bba346a" 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 241 (2025) — Revise alcohol laws relating to transfer of a license ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC4115.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275674) 2. **SB0241_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277423) 3. **SB0241_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281835) 4. **SB0241_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296603) 5. **SB0241_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302460) 6. **SB0241_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302463) 7. **SB0241_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277173) 8. **SB0241_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316639) 9. **SB0241_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320228) 10. **SB0241_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321362) 11. **SB0241_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321363) 12. **SB0241_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321364) 13. **SB0241_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324592) 14. **SB0241_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327057) 15. **SB0241_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310700) ## Votes - Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wylie Galt — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-15T18:06:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-24T17:54:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-24T20:29:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-28T02:54:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-28T21:15:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-28T22:33:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-29T15:19:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-29T21:49:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-29T22:48:56+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-30T21:41:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-30T22:37:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-01T00:17:06+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-07T18:02:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-07T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-11T21:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-12T21:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-13T15:32:12+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-13T17:59:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-13T20:14:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-17T21:17:41+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-22T01:01:46+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-25T15:30:10+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-25T21:07:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-13T15:57:01+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-21T17:34:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-21T19:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-31T19:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:03:02+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T21:27:40+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T13:40:10+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/f33aeef3-9bf7-4255-9f5e-380cd888674b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).