---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 530"
citation: "Maryland HB 530 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Sales and Use", "Education", "Exemptions", "Sales and Use Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd593672-f995-4b71-8471-18947b19e8eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB530&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b2429f366d4d54b2498a5702e29adee44d3aecafc57908ae89e13897f1ad3278"
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 530 (2017) — Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0530f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {865865/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {839636/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2017-04-07** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-07** Delegates Ebersole, Walker, and Reilly
- **2017-04-10** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2017-04-10** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-10** Senators Eckardt, McFadden, and Currie
- **2017-04-10** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd593672-f995-4b71-8471-18947b19e8eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).