---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft"
description: "Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "Maryland HB 147 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hartman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94fdf6e8-e10a-4e40-92d2-4f37ae125b4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0147?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "51d98a8e45272d4fc9ff0cda3a1759fc5dea8fce940969021387aca0a7354a10"
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 147 (2024) — Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_895_hb0147t.pdf)
2. **First - Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0147f.pdf)
3. **Third - Tobacco Tax Stamp Refunds - Loss Due to Theft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0147t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 147 HB 504 HB 846 HB 877 HB 962 HB 966 HB 1004 HB 1005 HB 1009 HB 1150 HB 1211 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 895 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94fdf6e8-e10a-4e40-92d2-4f37ae125b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).