Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB668: Revising alcohol law to prohibit certain licensees from offering gambling
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising alcohol laws to prohibit the license of an enlisted persons', noncommissioned officers', or officers' club located on a state or federal military reservation or a post of a nationally chartered veterans' organization or a lodge of a recognized national fraternal organization from offering gambling as provided under title 23, chapter 5, parts 3, 5, or 6; amending section 23-5-119, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING ALCOHOL LAWS TO PROHIBIT THE LICENSE OF AN ENLISTED PERSONS', NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS', OR OFFICERS' CLUB LOCATED ON A STATE OR FEDERAL MILITARY RESERVATION OR A POST OF A NATIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS' ORGANIZATION OR A LODGE OF A RECOGNIZED NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION FROM OFFERING GAMBLING AS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE 23, CHAPTER 5, PARTS 3, 5, OR 6; AMENDING SECTION 23-5-119, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 23-5-119, MCA, is amended to read: "23-5-119. Appropriate alcoholic beverage license for certain gambling activities. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), to be eligible to offer gambling under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6, an applicant must own in the applicant's name: (a) a retail all-beverages license issued under 16-4-201, but the owner of a license transferred after July 1, 2007, pursuant to 16-4-204 is not eligible to offer gambling. Licenses issued under 16-4-201(8)(c) after [the effective date of this act] may not offer gambling activities;. (b) except as provided in subsection (1)(c), a license issued prior to October 1, 1997, under 16-4105, authorizing the sale of beer and wine for consumption on the licensed premises. Licenses issued under 16-4-105(1)(e) after [the effective date of this act] may not offer gambling activities;. (c) a beer and wine license issued in an area outside of …
Sponsors
- Buttrey, Ed (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Loge, Denley (R, 45)
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
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 33 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 31 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 91 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 93 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: Gambling
Common questions
- What is HB668?
- HB668 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising alcohol law to prohibit certain licensees from offering gambling.
- What does HB668 do?
- In its own words: An act revising alcohol laws to prohibit the license of an enlisted persons', noncommissioned officers', or officers' club located on a state or federal military reservation or a post of a nationally chartered veterans' organization or a lodge of a recognized national fraternal organization from offering gambling as provided under title 23, chapter 5, parts 3, 5, or 6; amending section 23-5-119, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB668?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB668?
- Buttrey, Ed (R, 21), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB668?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2998
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