---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Hygienic Aids - Exemption"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Hygienic Aids - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Maryland SB 81 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Sales and Use", "Health", "Sales and Use Tax", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-21"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69e8dac5-44ea-4979-b02c-1221a6498308"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB81&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7a3f252116dfc15dbf085a71d6dff79062fd1a6730c917f032ac44c641e5b77a"
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 81 (2018) — Sales and Use Tax - Hygienic Aids - Exemption

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0081t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-01-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Favorable with Amendments {689739/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 50 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69e8dac5-44ea-4979-b02c-1221a6498308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).