Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB150: Generally revise alcohol and tobacco laws
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws relating to alcohol and smoking; creating the cigar bar room alcoholic beverage endorsement; applying the endorsement to certain alcoholic beverage licenses; providing requirements relating to the cigar bar room license endorsement; requiring the smoking of premium cigars in a separate enclosed space within the licensed premises; providing a fee; exempting cigar bars rooms from clean indoor air act requirements; providing definitions; providing for a study and report; and amending sections 50-40103 and 50-40-104, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND SMOKING; CREATING THE CIGAR BAR ROOM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ENDORSEMENT; APPLYING THE ENDORSEMENT TO CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE CIGAR BAR ROOM LICENSE ENDORSEMENT; REQUIRING THE SMOKING OF PREMIUM CIGARS IN A SEPARATE ENCLOSED SPACE WITHIN THE LICENSED PREMISES; PROVIDING A FEE; EXEMPTING CIGAR BARS ROOMS FROM CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR A STUDY AND REPORT; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 50-40103 AND 50-40-104, MCA; AND PROVIDING A TERMINATION DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Cigar bar ROOM -- license endorsement -- requirements. (1) An allbeverages licensee under 16-4-201 may apply to the department for a cigar bar ROOM license endorsement. The department shall issue a cigar bar ROOM endorsement if the licensee meets the requirements of this section, determined through the department's suitability analysis as provided in 16-3-311. An application for a catering AN endorsement and an annual fee of $200 $100 must be submitted to the department for its approval. (2) A cigar bar ROOM endorsement permits the smoking of PREMIUM cigars on the licensed premises IN THE AREA DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (4)(A)(V), which may constitute an enclosed public place as defined in 50-40-103 but is exempt from …
Sponsors
- Galt, Wylie (R, 39) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- : (H) Committee Report
Votes
- Do Concur (April 23, 2025): 45 yea, 54 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 22, 2025): 51 yea, 49 nay, passed
- Cloture-Duram (April 22, 2025): 87 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 26, 2025): 29 yea, 21 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 25, 2025): 29 yea, 20 nay, passed
Subjects: Tobacco, Revenue, State
Common questions
- What is SB150?
- SB150 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise alcohol and tobacco laws.
- What does SB150 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws relating to alcohol and smoking; creating the cigar bar room alcoholic beverage endorsement; applying the endorsement to certain alcoholic beverage licenses; providing requirements relating to the cigar bar room license endorsement; requiring the smoking of premium cigars in a separate enclosed space within the licensed premises; providing a fee; exempting cigar bars rooms from clean indoor air act requirements; providing definitions; providing for a study and report; and amending sections 50-40103 and 50-40-104, mca…
- What is the status of SB150?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB150?
- Galt, Wylie (R, 39).
- Where is the official record for SB150?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1639
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