---
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: "SB 658"
citation: "Maryland SB 658 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Kagan", "Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753b5c92-e6e6-408c-9335-02f752ce378f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0658?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "48796a83f0a558a21badf00db31d175ade0580c70f265393ee0ada510c5317c5"
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 658 (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_288_sb0658t.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/sb/sb0658f.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/sb/sb0658t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-17** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `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`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753b5c92-e6e6-408c-9335-02f752ce378f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).