---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Fuel Tax Refund - Demand Response Trips"
description: "Motor Fuel Tax Refund - Demand Response Trips"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 627"
citation: "Maryland HB 627 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous", "Taxes - Transportation", "Counties", "Disabilities", "Fuel Tax", "Municipal Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Howard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce23640-265f-400a-b0ca-87bd106b153c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB627&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1ddb6668930da82f89844eaeb74a3701fee3e5c9384425ee3201ac1e8ad4bf41"
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 627 (2017) — Motor Fuel Tax Refund - Demand Response Trips

## 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/hb0627f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- C. Howard — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {585967/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {239434/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce23640-265f-400a-b0ca-87bd106b153c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).