Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB549: Allowing for distillery warehouse receipts
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising alcoholic beverage laws; allowing a montana distillery licensee to market and sell interests in aging liquor through warehouse receipts; allowing the resale of liquor warehouse receipts; allowing management and brokering of warehouse receipt sales; providing that ownership of warehouse receipts for liquor does not constitute an ownership interest in the distillery business or licensee; amending sections 16-4-312 and 16-4-401, mca; and providing an effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS; ALLOWING A MONTANA DISTILLERY LICENSEE TO MARKET AND SELL INTERESTS IN AGING LIQUOR THROUGH WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS; ALLOWING THE RESALE OF LIQUOR WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS; ALLOWING MANAGEMENT AND BROKERING OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPT SALES; PROVIDING THAT OWNERSHIP OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR LIQUOR DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE DISTILLERY BUSINESS OR LICENSEE; AMENDING SECTIONS 16-4-312 AND 16-4-401, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 16-4-312, MCA, is amended to read: "16-4-312. Domestic distillery. (1) A distillery located in Montana and licensed pursuant to 16-4-311 (b) bottle, produce, blend, store, transport, or export liquor that it produces; (c) perform those operations that are permitted for bonded distillery premises under applicable regulations of the United States department of the treasury; and (d) have a premises that includes more than one building for manufacturing purposes pursuant to 27 CFR 19.53 and is operated under a federal basic permit. (2) (a) A distillery that is located in Montana and licensed pursuant to 16-4-311 shall sell liquor to the department under this code, and the department shall include the distillery's liquor as a listed product. (b) The distillery may use a common carrier for delivery of the liquor to the department. (c) A distillery that produces liquor within the state under this subsection (2) shall maintain records …
Sponsors
- Seekins-Crowe, Kerri (R, 39) · 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 11, 2025): 46 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 45 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 90 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 91 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: Alcohol
Common questions
- What is HB549?
- HB549 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Allowing for distillery warehouse receipts.
- What does HB549 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising alcoholic beverage laws; allowing a montana distillery licensee to market and sell interests in aging liquor through warehouse receipts; allowing the resale of liquor warehouse receipts; allowing management and brokering of warehouse receipt sales; providing that ownership of warehouse receipts for liquor does not constitute an ownership interest in the distillery business or licensee; amending sections 16-4-312 and 16-4-401, mca; and providing an effective date.
- What is the status of HB549?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB549?
- Seekins-Crowe, Kerri (R, 39), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB549?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0732
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