---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol laws to increase all-beverage license ownership limits"
description: "Revise alcohol laws to increase all-beverage license ownership limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Montana HB 242 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Gambling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-17T22:59:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:48:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5d0de2-71df-4189-a931-beef4e08a9c5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1300"
source_hash: "ae243e3436054f3b9526b8787527bfa6907e5828121792a00d85531efc47cfb6"
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 242 (2023) — Revise alcohol laws to increase all-beverage license ownership limits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0242_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5976)
2. **HB0242_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5975)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:48:04+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:15:28+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:15:27+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:40:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:14:47+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-14T19:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:34:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T20:24:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T14:26:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-15T22:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:27:02+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:19:22+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T18:21:44+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T15:30:51+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T14:19:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-17T17:06:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-17T14:49:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-16T20:18:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:25:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T17:22:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T23:21:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-12T23:20:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-12T23:20:50+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-12T19:07:14+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-11T20:33:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-11T15:36:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-11T15:35:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-10T22:14:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-10T20:18:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-10T02:35:39+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T02:35:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-09T22:49:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-09T20:46:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-08T17:47:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-07T18:39:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-17T22:59:32+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/1d5d0de2-71df-4189-a931-beef4e08a9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).