republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-455.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise alcohol laws relating to certain products"
description: "Revise alcohol laws relating to certain products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "Montana HB 455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-01T18:38:04+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:47:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/540ea875-88bd-409d-be5c-f1d56576dfb0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2006"
source_hash: "31ebb47c3f02bf605ee47c46ee167448153ba914de9fca3e6c9d24d9256bfd19"
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 455 (2023) — Revise alcohol laws relating to certain products

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0455.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9968)
2. **HB0455.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9969)
3. **HB0455.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9964)
4. **HB0455.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9970)
5. **HB0455.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9965)
6. **HB0455.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9961)
7. **HB0455.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9962)
8. **HB0455001SCH12545.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9967)
9. **HB0455001SCH19668.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9966)
10. **HB0455002SCH16509.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9963)
11. **HB0455_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9973)
12. **HB0455_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9971)
13. **HB0455_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9974)
14. **HB0455_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9972)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **74–25** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:47:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:55:32+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`
- **2023-05-01T23:13:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:13:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:16:46+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:39:00+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`
- **2023-04-24T20:13:00+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`
- **2023-04-19T02:11:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T22:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:28:29+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:42:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-17T15:23:29+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-14T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T19:32:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:28:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T21:35:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-22T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T15:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T23:44:15+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-14T18:54:58+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-10T20:21:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T18:30:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T20:40:22+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-08T20:36:48+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-07T21:49:42+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-31T22:01:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-31T16:28:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-31T16:28:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-31T12:35:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-31T00:44:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-30T23:57:56+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T23:57:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-30T21:49:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-28T22:41:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-27T21:19:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-27T21:13:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-23T16:00:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-01T18:38:04+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/540ea875-88bd-409d-be5c-f1d56576dfb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).