Maryland Senate Bill 893

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 12 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Authorizing a merchant to round the portion of the price of a certain transaction for which a customer pays using cash in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; and altering the definition of "taxable price" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the State sales and use tax to clarify the exclusion from the tax of a certain amount collected due to rounding the price for a good or service in accordance with certain provisions of the Act.

Business Regulation - Rounding Cash Transactions - Authorization

Sen. Dawn Gile [D]

2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 124 N: 12 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 36 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-18 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 37 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-12	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516
2026-04-13	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2026-04-13	Senate	Third Reading Passed (36-11)
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Concurs House Amendments
2026-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (124-12)
2026-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {283229/1 Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2026-03-24	House	Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-18	House	Referred Economic Matters
2026-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (37-9)
2026-03-12	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-12	Senate	Floor Amendment {213026/1 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2026-03-12	Senate	Floor Amendment {983326/1 (Senator Hershey) Withdrawn
2026-03-11	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2026-03-11	Senate	Floor Amendment {983326/1 (Senator Hershey)
2026-03-11	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {373726/1 Adopted
2026-03-10	Senate	Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2026-03-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {373726/1
2026-03-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-02-12	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB1026 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 515

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business Regulation	1	601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	1	602	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	1	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	1	604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	1	605	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	1	606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Tax - General	11	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0893?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0893e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_516_sb0893e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0893_37372601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0893_98332601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0893_21302601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0893_28322901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0893_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0893_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0417.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1229.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1481.pdf