---
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: "SB 714"
citation: "Maryland SB 714 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Kagan", "Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69a46c7-379d-4da3-9c8e-43e49dc72505"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0714?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5a1b45170f4e684651ba047aec95db39c4b659feb19f4da5b7a8de7079f3005e"
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 714 (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_379_sb0714t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0714f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0714t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 379 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69a46c7-379d-4da3-9c8e-43e49dc72505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).