---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board"
description: "Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 990"
citation: "Maryland HB 990 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krebs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a941eabf-0388-4ee8-924d-417b2ce05eba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0990?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1dec3c6503018d824f55df69b8f49c1153e1605de4783a5f3377d67b0751c68a"
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 990 (2021) — Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_287_hb0990t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0990f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0990t.pdf)

## Votes

- 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.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a941eabf-0388-4ee8-924d-417b2ce05eba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).