---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas"
description: "Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Maryland SB 294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion", "Hershey", "Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-17"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82b05e64-51be-4302-81ff-ba6fb278f64c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0294?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2fa3bf506aad39ab5fc2baede67ca7fda951f97927cccca1f01c4f51886ca5a3"
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 294 (2021) — Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_282_sb0294t.pdf)
2. **First - Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0294f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0294t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82b05e64-51be-4302-81ff-ba6fb278f64c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).