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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption"
+description: "Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 403"
+citation: "Maryland SB 403 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Bailey", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "King", "Lewis Young", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/270b7f91-e633-449b-a891-271c55efb432"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0403?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "f13d78dd523748bed373315072c60777e818ef04b7f9aa3978cc02db89117edb"
+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 403 (2026) — Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_185_sb0403t.pdf)
+2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0403f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Elementary or Secondary School Book Fairs - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0403t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/270b7f91-e633-449b-a891-271c55efb432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+