---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period"
description: "Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1486"
citation: "Maryland HB 1486 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones", "Amprey", "Anderson", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Boteler", "Bridges", "Brooks", "Buckel", "C. Branch", "Cardin", "Chang", "Charles", "Clippinger", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Hartman", "Henson", "Hill", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Howell", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Jackson", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Landis", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Lisanti", "Long", "Lopez", "Luedtke", "McIntosh", "P. Young", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "Prettyman", "Proctor", "Qi", "R. Jones", "R. Lewis", "Reznik", "Rogers", "Rose", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Stein", "T. Branch", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Valentino-Smith", "W. Fisher", "Walker", "Washington", "Watson", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-05"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25f32e8-2870-4d04-ba2e-032fcaeffc73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1486?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e6b0c21aaf34ae6caf3862ec1b48cb8c239883d49e4813ce883e33fbb20f45ae"
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 1486 (2022) — Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_1_hb1486t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1486f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1486t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Jones — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- C. Branch — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- McIntosh — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- Prettyman — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Jones — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Branch — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Delegate Johnson) Adopted
- **2022-03-11** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Delegate Johnson) Adopted
- **2022-03-11** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Hearing 3/17 at 4:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2022-03-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b25f32e8-2870-4d04-ba2e-032fcaeffc73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).