---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a combined beer and table wine distributor license"
description: "Creating a combined beer and table wine distributor license"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "Montana HB 127 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:35:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:40:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e2aaa1-7115-4048-bf77-b9ebc01497a3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0420"
source_hash: "f04684eacdb26614da236a90bb98afa1df8dd0c5474eb2a82c7526becb01ceb6"
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 127 (2023) — Creating a combined beer and table wine distributor license

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0127.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3618)
2. **HB0127.001.011_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3617)
3. **HB0127.001.011_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3619)
4. **HB0127_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3622)
5. **HB0127_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3620)
6. **HB0127_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3621)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fred Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:40:10+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:21:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:00:42+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T21:00:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:42:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:26:55+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T14:30:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:59:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T20:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T23:56:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-10T21:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T22:23:12+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-02T20:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T19:20:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T19:05:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-01-12T20:16:59+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-01-11T23:45:23+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-09T16:00:41+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:30:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T20:35:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T15:02:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T21:12:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:18:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T21:58:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-21T20:16:05+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:10:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-14T00:10:26+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-08T17:10:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-08T16:20:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-07T23:37:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-07T23:37:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-07T21:37:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-06T23:16:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-02T20:58:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T16:10:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-22T17:23:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-11T19:06:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:35:11+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/e6e2aaa1-7115-4048-bf77-b9ebc01497a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).