---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise alcohol laws"
description: "Generally revise alcohol laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "Montana HB 539 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 26
action_count: 62
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2022-07-26T19:44:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:52:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37112c4-d5fa-4ac2-bb20-8bf5a29cd475"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0145"
source_hash: "2685ad67f6818be5b488eec9d06f6ba0d6020f0b4b786c86b5f6bfac8548bdfd"
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 539 (2023) — Generally revise alcohol laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0539.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8580)
2. **HB0539.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8574)
3. **HB0539.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8579)
4. **HB0539.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8581)
5. **HB0539.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8583)
6. **HB0539.003.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8587)
7. **HB0539.003.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8588)
8. **HB0539.003.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8577)
9. **HB0539.003.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8578)
10. **HB0539.003.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8584)
11. **HB0539.003.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8576)
12. **HB0539.003.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8573)
13. **HB0539.003.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8586)
14. **HB0539.003.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8585)
15. **HB0539.003.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8589)
16. **HB0539.003.008(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8593)
17. **HB0539.003.008.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8592)
18. **HB0539.003.008_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8582)
19. **HB0539.003.008_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8591)
20. **HB0539.003.009_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8575)
21. **HB0539.003.009_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8590)
22. **HB0539_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8598)
23. **HB0539_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8594)
24. **HB0539_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8597)
25. **HB0539_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8595)
26. **HB0539_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8596)

## Votes

- (H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Rejected — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) Free Conference Committee Report Received — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **93–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:52:46+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:27:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09T15:09:09+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09T15:09:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-05T19:55:45+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-05-03T21:22:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-05-03T01:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T23:37:00+00:00** (H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T18:17:00+00:00** (H) Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-05-02T18:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Rejected `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T23:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-05-01T23:15:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:06:00+00:00** (S) Free Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-28T16:05:00+00:00** (H) Free Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-26T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-25T21:22:00+00:00** (S) Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-24T23:31:00+00:00** (H) Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-24T20:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:12:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:22:48+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-13T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T23:04:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:09+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:41+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T17:56:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T14:07:33+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:34:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:39:38+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T20:50:01+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T20:34:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T15:09:56+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T19:25:31+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T17:53:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-13T17:53:30+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T15:58:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T14:43:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-09T22:47:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T22:47:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-09T21:13:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-09T17:42:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-07T19:40:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-07T19:22:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-26T19:44:09+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/d37112c4-d5fa-4ac2-bb20-8bf5a29cd475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).