---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Maryland SB 571 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/542c3a94-d4b9-4350-9433-34243d79023f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0571?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "52e7f1f85925d50a9c6efd105b0bfdc200d9e9a70e1fd33839861547a4ef6e29"
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 571 (2022) — Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_10_sb0571t.pdf)
2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0571f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0571t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-01** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/542c3a94-d4b9-4350-9433-34243d79023f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).