---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Fuel Tax - Aviation Gasoline - Definition"
description: "Motor Fuel Tax - Aviation Gasoline - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Maryland HB 55 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Transportation", "Aircraft", "Fuel", "Fuel Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jameson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-10-14"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73f9a2df-4f04-4efc-9fb2-b875a1422d30"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB55&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "609e026a717813123d47b9ffa6845cbfc616c4defaabd8983c52f4d930341daf"
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 55 (2017) — Motor Fuel Tax - Aviation Gasoline - Definition

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0055f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jameson — primary (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-10-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2017-02-23** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-28** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments {859131/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-27** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73f9a2df-4f04-4efc-9fb2-b875a1422d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).