---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax - Light Rail Vehicles - Exemption"
description: "Sales and Use Tax - Light Rail Vehicles - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 713"
citation: "Maryland HB 713 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Sales and Use", "Exemptions", "Mass Transit", "Montgomery County", "Prince George's County", "Sales and Use Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d5e0ab1-2199-438c-a373-c06b8922586b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB713&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "543465f403322c75349bc3a0ea45705d483d39ba6e15762baef23ab21f8be994"
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 713 (2017) — Sales and Use Tax - Light Rail Vehicles - Exemption

## 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/hb0713f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **133–7** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **133–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (133-7) `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 {169333/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (133-5) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d5e0ab1-2199-438c-a373-c06b8922586b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).