Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Sample Room HB 616 (Hagan) HB 336 (Doc Moore) HB 483 (Noland) HB 185 (Fern) Extend Hours/Amounts Revise licensing for Revise laws Provide for accurate the hours for small and Manufacturer breweries and holders of governing small measuring and breweries to serve Sales beer and all-beverages breweries. Increased reporting of the beer at a sample room license. (Must be closed annual production quantity of beer to between 10:00 A.M. between 8:00 P.M. and limits for small manufactured and and 10:00 P.M. Tabled 10:00 A.M.) Tabled in breweries. Required sold by a brewer. Bill in House Bus. and House Bus. & Labor by the production of withdrawn per house Labor (2/8/19). Sponsor (Audio Only: Roll affiliated companies rule 30-50(3)(b) Call Vote Unanimous or and beer purchased (2/24/17). HB 250 (Holmlund) Near Unanimous vote to from other breweries Extend the conditions table) be used in HB 474 (Shaw) Allow for a winery to sell determining the consumptive hour for under special event SB 126 (Sesso) Allow amount of consumers at a permits. Tabled in distillery to obtain production. Tabled microdistillery. 2nd House Bus. and Labor permits to sell liquor at by House Bus. & reading indefinitely (2/15). special event premises. Labor (2/11). postponed in the Tabled in Senate Senate (4/6). HB 362 (Hamilton) Business & Labor: 7-3. HB 528 (G. Hertz) Revising microdistillery Allowing beer and laws related to sales of HB 424 (Pomnichowski) wine purchased at alcohol. Revising the Allow tasting event by permitted special cap on amounts sold limited sellers of wine events to be taken to an individual for on- consumed off-premises. off premises in premises and off- Tabled in House Business original, unopened premises & Labor. Motion to pass containers. Tabled in consumption. Revising failed 9-11. Tabled House Bus. & Labor operating hours. unanimously. (2/19). Tabled in House Bus. & Labor (2/15). SB 268 (Thomas) Allow certain wineries to sell at HB 501 (C Knudsen) farmers' markets. Tabled Allow direct delivery in Senate Agriculture, by a microdistillery of Livestock, & Irrigation: 8- less than one case to 3. state agency liquor stores through split packages. Tabled in House Bus. & Labor (2/22). Revise Production HB 616 (Hagan) HB 541 (A Hertz) SB 182 (Bogner) Revise Limits for Small Revise licensing for Revise definition of definition of Brewer or Montana breweries and holders of small brewery. microdistillery to Microdistillery beer and all-beverages Increase the # of increase proof gallon license. Tabled in House barrels a brewery may annual production. Bus. & Labor by Sponsor produce to qualify as a Chapter number (Audio Only: Roll Call small brewery. assigned (4/19/19). Vote Unanimous or Near Required that the Unanimous to table). production of affiliated manufacturers and beer purchased from 1 -- Prepared for Economic Affairs Interim Committee - June 2020

other breweries must be used in determining the amount of production. Revised taxes imposed on production by brewers. Chapter number assigned. (5/4).

Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Combine Beer and HB 619 (Eck) Revise HB 762 (Hamilton) Wine as one the quota system for Create the pilot License, Delete or issuing restaurant program for restaurant Amend Restaurant beer and wine all-beverages licenses. Beer and Wine licenses. Increasing Allowed existing License the number of RBW restaurant beer and licenses that may be wine licensees to issued in a quota apply. Allowing area. Providing unlicensed entities to transfer restrictions apply. Tabled in House on certain new RBW Bus. and Labor (3/27) licenses. Providing a phase-out of the quota system for RBW licenses. Providing a transition to eliminate the quota system for areas that are not subject to quota limitations. Tabled in House Bus. and Labor 3/25.

Concessionaire's HB 625 (Tschida) SB 210 (Blasdel) Create Agreements/Special Create a limited the alcohol delivery Permits special permit for service license. Tabled wine sales by in Senate Bus. and tourism, cultural, Labor (4/25). artistic, educational, and other entities. HB 261 (Fitzgerald) Tabled in House Revise special permit Bus.& Labor (3/26). alcohol laws to allow certain organizations to serve beer and wine at amateur sporting contests. Tabled in House Bus. and Labor (2/1).

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Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Concessionaire's HB 277 (Grubbs) Agreements/Special Generally revise Permits, continued special permit alcohol laws to allow special permits to sell liquor. Allow certain organizations to sell liquor or beer and wine through special permits. Allow nonprofit arts organizations to sell liquor or beer and wine through special permits. Tabled in House Bus. & Labor (1/31/19).

HB 611 (Galt) Create cigar bar endorsement for certain liquor licenses. Create a cigar bar endorsement applicable to all- beverages alcohol licenses. House 3rd reading failed (3/30/19).

HB 727 (Buttrey) Generally revise alcoholic beverage laws. Allow approval of certain alcoholic beverage licenses without a premise. Allow for concession agreements. Chapter number assigned 5/20. Brew Pubs See HB 326 (Noonan) SB 356 (Buttrey) Allow below. Tabled in brew pub & distillery House Bus. and endorsements. Allow Labor (2/11). retail beer & wine and all-beverages licensees to brew beer at the licensed location. Allow all-beverages licensees to hold a distiller endorsement.

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Tabled 4/14 Sen. Bus./Labor. Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Gambling License SB 302 (Buttrey) SB 119 (Blasdel) Allow Tied to Alcohol Revise gambling laws only premises licensed Licenses to allow payment of under Title 16 and Title consideration by cash, 23 to use access check, or debit card. control systems. Chapter number Chapter number assigned. assigned (4/17). Remove/Expand HB 412 (Grubbs) Allow HB 35 (Buttrey) Quota System municipalities to Generally revise establish quotas within alcohol laws. Revise their corporate limits procedures for for retail beer licenses competitive bidding or all-beverages processes. Revise laws licenses. Provide that relating to quota area licenses issued determinations. pursuant to an Chapter number alternative quota do assigned (5/8/2019). not authorize gaming. Tabled in House Bus. HB 613 (Vinton) and Labor (2/24/17). Provide for a limited all-beverages license HB 428 (D. Jones) for continuing care Revising retail beer retirement licensing laws related communities. Chapter to lotteries. Chapter number assigned number assigned. (5/20/19).

HB 430 (A Hertz) SB 358 (Gauthier) Provide for limited all- Revise resort area beverages license for alcoholic beverage continuing care licensure laws. Create retirement resort area communities. Tabled determination in Sen. Pub. Health, requirements. Chapter Welfare, & Safety number assigned (4/4/17). (5/8/19).

HB 643 (Grubbs) Revise liquor license areas for incorporated cities that share an overlapping 5-mile zone outside the city limits. Tabled in House Bus. and Labor (3/24/17).

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Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Allow Cross License HB0326 (Noonan) Holding Revise brewer licenses. Allow brewers to hold a retail license. Revise the definition of "small brewery". Revise brewer license application requirements. Tabled in House Bus. & Labor (2/11/15).

HB 526 (Doc Moore) Let microdistilleries deliver products directly to agency liquor stores. Chapter Number Assigned. License Penalties SB 294 (Arntzen) HB50 (Steenberg) Revise alcohol Clarify penalties for enforcement laws liquor licensing by regarding penalties adding newer liquor (allow department to license types to the consider mitigating or existing penalty aggravating provisions. Chapter circumstances and adjust number assigned. alcohol penalties and ranges). Chapter Number Assigned.

HB 57 (Noonan) Provide equal treatment of licensees under liquor control penalty (including beer importer, distiller, or any other person licensed under title 16). Passed House on 3rd reading 80-19, died in Senate Business and Labor.

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to drink on premises). Failed on 2nd Reading - not passed as amended. Bill Purpose 2013 2015 2017 2019 Local Restrictions HB 204 (Clark) Authorize HB 210 (Dunwell) boutique beer or wine Revise the restriction license for off premises on issuing retail liquor consumption of beer or licenses to businesses wine at a specialty shop in proximity to (exempted these licenses churches and schools. from 16-3-306). Tabled in Tabled in House Bus. House Business and and Labor (1/18/17). Labor. HB 472 (Galt) Prohibit county attorneys from selling alcohol or owning alcohol establishments. Tabled in House Judiciary (2/22/17).

HB 535 (Hamilton) Revise alcohol laws pertaining to proximity to churches and schools. Provide that licensees may be closer than 600 feet under certain circumstances. Tabled in House Bus. and Labor (2/24/17).

HB 549 (Skees) Create an alcohol permit for business improvement districts and urban renewal areas. Require city approval. Tabled in House Bus. and Labor (2/24/17).

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