---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military"
description: "Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Maryland HB 497 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4a4f64-ebcf-43ff-a1b4-d6e88c388c75"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0497?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "30628310a9bb892ad647efd31d8e8dc36f258005bc4a0586b38d74037ebff32c"
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 497 (2022) — Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_71_hb0497t.pdf)
2. **First - Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0497f.pdf)
3. **Third - Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption - Active Duty Military** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0497t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4a4f64-ebcf-43ff-a1b4-d6e88c388c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).