---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax – Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Parts"
description: "Sales and Use Tax – Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Parts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1326"
citation: "Maryland HB 1326 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Luedtke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f178fce6-e9aa-494f-8506-f047dc8d98a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1326?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "75ad9f60ae637e53f663b357756b2885c89f514f854545402214c1d649c6b78c"
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 1326 (2020) — Sales and Use Tax – Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Parts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax – Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Parts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_637_hb1326t.pdf)
2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1326f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax – Exemption for Artificial Hearing Device Earmolds, Equipment, and Parts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1326t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1326 HB 1401 HB 1658 HB 1659 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 637 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f178fce6-e9aa-494f-8506-f047dc8d98a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).