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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System"
+description: "Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 838"
+citation: "Maryland SB 838 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland", "Kagan", "Reilly"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-02-03"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca06989f-6a5e-4ad5-b971-fde17df28b2b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0838?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "cef6f15ecc4424643b16acfa62cd60cb566a08b1d80afef47dfa48834a5a3228"
+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 SB 838 (2020) — Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_376_sb0838e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0838e.pdf)
+3. **First - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0838f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0838t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–1** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Rosenberg) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 376 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca06989f-6a5e-4ad5-b971-fde17df28b2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+