# Montana HB 391: Clarify alcohol concession agreement permissible revenue structure laws Montana HB 391, Clarify alcohol concession agreement permissible revenue structure laws, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Curtis Schomer (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-05 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB391-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 391 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Clarify alcohol concession agreement permissible revenue structure laws - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-05-05, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Curtis Schomer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Alcohol - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (287 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Alcohol concession deals allowed with limits: mixed, medium. The law lets certain Montana liquor license holders partner with unlicensed operators to serve alcohol. Each license can have up to three concession agreements at once, and those licensed under 16-4-105(1)(e) or 16-4-201(8) on or after Jan 1, 2021 are excluded. The premises must be one connected in… - Fees and faster approvals for concessions: mixed, medium. Each new concession agreement, or an existing one electing into this section, has a $500 application fee; changes to an existing deal do not pay this fee. Each agreement also has a $100 yearly renewal fee. For most other changes, the department decides within 30 business days unless it asks for mor… - Rules for paying concession operators: mixed, medium. You may pay a concessionaire only by a percent of gross or net drink sales, a percent of employee overhead, a fixed dollar amount, or a mix of these. Other payment methods are not allowed. If you change the pay structure, you must send the new arrangement to the department; it cannot be denied if i… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Curtis Schomer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Denley Loge (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 4 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 45 | 2 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Do Pass | pass | 98 | 1 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-05-05: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-15: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-14: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-14: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-12: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-15: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-01: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-21: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-19: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-05: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-05: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-05: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2fde81d0-170f-41ad-a08c-47f4de53cd5f) - Introduced, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=abc8307a-d6d1-4899-8c4c-72eb3a101907) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2fde81d0-170f-41ad-a08c-47f4de53cd5f) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=abc8307a-d6d1-4899-8c4c-72eb3a101907) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB391-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).