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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags"
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description: "Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 622"
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citation: "Maryland SB 622 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Taxes - Sales and Use", "Education", "Exemptions", "Sales and Use Tax"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-02-03"
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last_action: "2017-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b80120c-a07c-46cb-be81-950bc5a44f9f"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB622&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "82ee650a46bda05d1e36b4dbfb52f2b575f39103a8b8b8f5df35b5fab9459685"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 622 (2017) — Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping - Sale of Backpacks and Bookbags
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0622f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Eckardt — primary (person)
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- Bates — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hough — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Muse — cosponsor (person)
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- Ready — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
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- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments {759138/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-21** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2017-03-22** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Ways and Means
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- **2017-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {655367/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Floor Committee Amendment {555961/1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (113-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b80120c-a07c-46cb-be81-950bc5a44f9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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