republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Include digital identifications in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana laws"
description: "Include digital identifications in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Montana HB 249 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Information Technology", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-19T14:45:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T23:09:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa6a242-5ba1-4dcd-af42-efc59cfcac18"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1631?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "98c2d2b1b07b3529d82e545131e76d8858496d674241f80525972356690511c7"
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 249 (2025) — Include digital identifications in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0249_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272750)
2. **HB0249_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275370)
3. **HB0249_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276419)
4. **HB0249_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278536)
5. **HB0249_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287034)
6. **HB0249_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287035)
7. **HB0249_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287036)
8. **HB0249_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295109)
9. **HB0249_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298046)
10. **HB0249_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272353)
11. **HB0249_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298045)
12. **HB0249_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298051)
13. **HB0249_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320374)
14. **HB0249_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324219)
15. **HB0249_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326280)
16. **HB0249_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298595)
17. **HB0249_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298596)
18. **HB0249_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298597)
19. **HB0249_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308385)
20. **HB0249_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308388)
21. **HB0249_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308389)
22. **HB0249_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310858)
23. **HB0249_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316796)
24. **HB0249_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298047)
25. **LC1631.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271669)

## Votes

- do_pass — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-19T14:45:57+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-14T15:38:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-14T23:00:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-15T15:21:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-15T19:32:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T19:34:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-16T21:13:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-17T18:39:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-17T19:00:13+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T17:21:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20T20:18:34+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28T22:43:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-29T15:26:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T17:35:46+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:21:06+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31T21:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T22:43:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-04T20:18:52+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T16:29:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T20:30:36+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-18T23:00:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-19T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:50:58+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-26T11:51:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T20:00:53+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T23:09:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa6a242-5ba1-4dcd-af42-efc59cfcac18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).