republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-164.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol laws relating to catering endorsements"
description: "Revise alcohol laws relating to catering endorsements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Montana HB 164 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Harvey"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 56
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:33:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:00:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ccd06dc-7679-401c-bad0-d6b5cfc31063"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0419"
source_hash: "bd4733a5110f195998e6487140d9b1c9bd006d2d77f4db4213776a7da88cede8"
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 164 (2023) — Revise alcohol laws relating to catering endorsements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0164.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4178)
2. **HB0164.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4183)
3. **HB0164.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4177)
4. **HB0164.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4181)
5. **HB0164.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4179)
6. **HB0164.002.003.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4176)
7. **HB0164.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4182)
8. **HB0164.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4180)
9. **HB0164_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4188)
10. **HB0164_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4189)
11. **HB0164_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4187)
12. **HB0164_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4186)
13. **HB164.2.2_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4184)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **77–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:00:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:24:56+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-01T23:02:01+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:02:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:15:45+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:02:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T21:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T20:04:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-14T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T21:42:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-03-16T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:30:54+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T14:32:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T19:04:03+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-01T13:45:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-30T20:43:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-30T20:22:09+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T17:44:13+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T14:29:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-27T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-27T21:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T13:53:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-23T21:09:40+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-23T20:31:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T16:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T01:29:37+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-11T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T15:03:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-02T21:28:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:26:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:26:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T23:43:11+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:06:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:40:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-10T20:42:59+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-10T20:42:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T19:51:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-07T21:43:04+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-04T19:01:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T18:00:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-04T16:09:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-02T17:59:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T18:01:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:33:47+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/9ccd06dc-7679-401c-bad0-d6b5cfc31063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).