---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland - Establishment"
description: "Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Maryland SB 285 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Committees and Commissions", "Contractors", "Contracts", "Electronic Communication", "Emergencies", "Fees", "Frederick County", "Grants", "Procurement", "Reports", "Sunset", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b25c50-a0a2-4349-8cb3-12c371f4f696"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB285&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7c0d281cc65e1a6ee9581c30a9c69aae318d861ff16bcd9a7d91df1c22fdac40"
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 285 (2018) — Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland - Establishment

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0285f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Favorable with Amendments {907273/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Floor Amendment {683127/1 (Senator Zucker) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b25c50-a0a2-4349-8cb3-12c371f4f696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).