---
type: "Bill"
title: "9-1-1 Specialists - Compensation and Benefits"
description: "9-1-1 Specialists - Compensation and Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Maryland SB 284 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Taxes - Income", "Taxes - Property - Local", "Disabilities", "Emergencies", "Exemptions", "Health", "Income Tax", "Local Government Mandates", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Property Tax", "Retirement Systems", "Tax Credits", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan and Reilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60ecd0f-b924-463f-aade-6f8d82a06f06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB284&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b3ec39004b2fe1e72c52a3fa6619bfbac4f62f9e06f4966af68171602d1b5d8d"
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 284 (2019) — 9-1-1 Specialists - Compensation and Benefits

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0284f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kagan and Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {597171/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-21** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-03-27** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f60ecd0f-b924-463f-aade-6f8d82a06f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).