---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence"
description: "Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Maryland SB 305 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Carter", "Hettleman", "Lee", "Smith", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77063525-b9a9-4da7-a869-7d47bee91388"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0305?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "83fbdfd4701248e169b0c2bc47d90d58e46986103241670db7c786302d7efad5"
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 305 (2020) — Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_547_sb0305t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0305f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0305t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-29** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 547 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77063525-b9a9-4da7-a869-7d47bee91388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).