---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "Maryland HB 500 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Arentz", "Baker", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "Fisher", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Miller", "Nkongolo", "R. Long", "Reilly", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson", "Valentine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/271332af-6271-40ae-bed1-87b15e2ad8c2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0500?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5ef0bb77aca56a8c39844a154079dda223b59653052d5f2f15ed37004bff3f09"
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 500 (2026) — Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_729_hb0500t.pdf)
2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0500f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Precious Metal Bullion or Coins - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0500t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Grammer /173629/1 — **18–111** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Fisher — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 729 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/271332af-6271-40ae-bed1-87b15e2ad8c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).