HB 549 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Allowing for distillery warehouse receipts

HB 549 allows licensed Montana distilleries to sell interests in their aging liquor through what are called "warehouse receipts." These receipts represent liquor stored at the distillery's bonded premises and can be purchased by any person. The bill also permits the resale of these warehouse receipts and allows intermediary businesses to market or manage their sales. Importantly, owning a warehouse receipt does not grant an ownership interest in the distillery business or its license.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where the period at the end of the 'EFFECTIVE DATE' section was removed. This is a technical change that does not alter the bill's substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

Removed a period at the end of the effective date section header.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

462
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 11, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
29 Yea 2 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-2-2)
senate
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-9-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kerri Seekins-Crowe
Kerri Seekins-Crowe
RRepublican
MT
39