SB 195 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to alcohol and minors

SB 195 would allow individuals aged 18 to 20 to possess and consume beer or table wine with parental consent or in the presence of a spouse who is 21 or older. This applies only on private property or at licensed venues permitted by the business, and requires counties or local governments to adopt the change through a local ordinance or resolution. The bill amends Montana’s alcohol laws (specifically sections 16-3-301, 16-3-309, 16-4-1002, 16-4-1006, and 16-6-305) to create this exception to the general prohibition on underage drinking. It does not automatically change state law; local governments must proactively adopt the provision through their own rules.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC1656.pdf SB0195_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill number was updated from LC 1956 to SB 195, and the list of sponsors was added. A minor formatting change was made to a section regarding local government licensing restrictions, and a new section was added to amend the state code regarding alcohol laws.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on revising alcohol laws related to age, but a new section was added to modify existing state code definitions.
TECHNICAL

Added the full list of bill sponsors (J. Trebas, M. Nikolakakos, D. Emrich, G. Nikolakakos).

Reformatted a section regarding local licensing restrictions to combine subsections (4) and (5) into a single line.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new section to amend Section 16-4-1002 of the Montana Code Annotated, introducing new requirements for alcohol laws.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

3515
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 13, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2 Nay
88% Yea
R Republican32
19 Yea 13 Nay
59% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-15)
senate
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jeremy Trebas
Jeremy Trebas
RRepublican
MT
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