---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations"
description: "Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "Maryland HB 989 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krebs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2dd8e3-7d8b-4026-a11e-5643b4c59f47"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0989?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a77e247f18bdfc0f154714eeb115594b5a1c2d10a157bcdb8901db61ce156a3f"
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 HB 989 (2021) — Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations

## 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 – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_378_hb0989e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0989e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0989f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0989t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krebs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 378 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2dd8e3-7d8b-4026-a11e-5643b4c59f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).