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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption"
+description: "Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 500"
+citation: "Maryland HB 500 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Arentz", "Baker", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "Fisher", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Miller", "Nkongolo", "R. Long", "Reilly", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson", "Valentine"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/271332af-6271-40ae-bed1-87b15e2ad8c2"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0500?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "5ef0bb77aca56a8c39844a154079dda223b59653052d5f2f15ed37004bff3f09"
+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 HB 500 (2026) — Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_729_hb0500t.pdf)
+2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0500f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0500t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Grammer /173629/1 — **18–111** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Baker — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Fisher — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Nkongolo — primary (person)
+- R. Long — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Tomlinson — primary (person)
+- Valentine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
+- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-13** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 729 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/271332af-6271-40ae-bed1-87b15e2ad8c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+