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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers"
+description: "Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 397"
+citation: "Maryland SB 397 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Peters"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd9e97f1-7ba7-4852-b977-c143196869f7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0397?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "53d02f76f867e7cd382b836b921b13052371720c99aff5532f54d0e991d1bff2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 397 (2020) — Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_640_sb0397e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0397e.pdf)
+3. **First - Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0397f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0397t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **123–6** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **124–4** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Peters — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-10** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 640 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd9e97f1-7ba7-4852-b977-c143196869f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+