Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB491: Revise alcohol laws relating to community care retirement facility licenses
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising laws relating to continuing care retirement community licenses; providing for delivery of alcohol; providing for multiple campuses; providing for various buildings or structures at the continuing care retirement community; providing definitions; amending sections 16-3-302, 16-4-315, and 16-4-1005, mca; and providing an effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATING TO CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LICENSES; PROVIDING FOR DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL; PROVIDING FOR MULTIPLE CAMPUSES; PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES AT THE CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 16-3-302, 16-4-315, AND 16-4-1005, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 16-3-302, MCA, is amended to read: "16-3-302. Sale by retailer for consumption on premises. (1) It is lawful for a licensed retailer to sell and serve beer, either on draft or in containers, to the public to be consumed on the premises of the retailer. (2) It is lawful for a licensee who has an all-beverages license that the licensee uses at a golf course to sell alcoholic beverages and for a licensee who has a golf course beer and wine license issued under 16-4-109 to sell beer and wine: (a) in the building or other structural premises constituting the clubhouse or primary indoor recreational quarters of the golf course; (b) upon department approval and submission of a fee, in an additional building or other structure, one per 9 holes of the golf course, that is designed to serve golfers during the course of play; and (c) at any place within the boundaries of the golf course, from a portable satellite vehicle or other movable satellite device that is moved …
Sponsors
- Zolnikov, Katie (R, 44) · primary sponsor
- Trebas, Jeremy (R, 10)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 45 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 45 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 93 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 91 yea, 8 nay, passed
Subjects: Alcohol, Revenue, State, Senior Citizens
Common questions
- What is HB491?
- HB491 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise alcohol laws relating to community care retirement facility licenses.
- What does HB491 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising laws relating to continuing care retirement community licenses; providing for delivery of alcohol; providing for multiple campuses; providing for various buildings or structures at the continuing care retirement community; providing definitions; amending sections 16-3-302, 16-4-315, and 16-4-1005, mca; and providing an effective date.
- What is the status of HB491?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB491?
- Zolnikov, Katie (R, 44), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB491?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0889
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