---
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: "HB 492"
citation: "Maryland HB 492 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Carr", "Charles", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "Johnson", "Kaiser", "Lisanti", "Long", "Luedtke", "Patterson", "R. Jones", "Rose", "Terrasa", "W. Fisher", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c8955b3-ebd7-42a0-83e4-49b83751dabd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0492?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9054a8f590705cf672473f0bb0da6be37c152c46a79293663276b5295d472579"
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 492 (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_11_hb0492t.pdf)
2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0492f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0492t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on third reading for final passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- R. Jones — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Motion Special Order until 3/2 (Delegate Saab) Adopted
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-01** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c8955b3-ebd7-42a0-83e4-49b83751dabd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).