---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1554"
citation: "Maryland HB 1554 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornberger", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e11368-c2cd-4b87-86b1-de753de319d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1554?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6b63f789a9fde49f370ecfa2f7343824b5a084a75f98ac5a2d1502d3491071e5"
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 1554 (2026) — Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_783_hb1554t.pdf)
2. **First - Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1554f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1554t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e11368-c2cd-4b87-86b1-de753de319d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).