republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-96.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Include agency liquor stores in the Department of Revenue's premises review"
description: "Include agency liquor stores in the Department of Revenue's premises review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 96"
citation: "Montana HB 96 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T14:56:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:33:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/996912ba-f679-4ab0-9268-2236efd9606d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0433"
source_hash: "e829daf5f10b9393c2bf148f5c8434963fbbbb4feded7a2b282740dc6bd028a6"
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 96 (2023) — Include agency liquor stores in the Department of Revenue's premises review

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0096.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2445)
2. **HB0096.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2446)
3. **HB0096_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2448)
4. **HB0096_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2449)
5. **HB0096_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2450)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:33:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:16:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24T22:47:07+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23T19:25:09+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-16T16:43:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-16T15:40:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-15T20:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T15:29:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:33:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T22:47:05+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T21:11:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T01:27:36+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-12T15:30:42+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:30:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T19:52:19+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-03T22:11:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T21:04:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:26:40+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T16:27:06+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:05:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T17:37:18+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T17:37:17+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-15T19:17:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:54:14+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-11T22:45:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-11T22:45:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-10T21:56:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-04T16:19:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-03T15:48:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-03T02:55:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-25T18:15:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T14:56:39+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/996912ba-f679-4ab0-9268-2236efd9606d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).