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Senate advances cigar-bar endorsement bill after debate on worker safety and indoor-air law

2394402 · February 25, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 150, which would create a cigar-bar alcohol endorsement and exempt those establishments from parts of Montana's Clean Indoor Air Act, passed second reading on a 30-20 vote after senators debated employee exposure and air filtration standards.

Senators recommended Senate Bill 150 do pass on a 30-20 vote. The measure would add a cigar-bar endorsement to certain liquor licenses and create an exemption from some Clean Indoor Air Act requirements for endorsed establishments; it also sets related license and fee conditions in statute.

Sponsor Senator Galt described the proposal…

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