---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications"
description: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Maryland HB 129 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a086a1-0019-49ce-b5a9-d0d56d72390c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0129?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "455e4f66e1858899eb684a81a207569d37b7ce73045d9008fb16b9e3f214f433"
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 129 (2022) — Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_687_hb0129t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0129f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0129t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Griffith /743526/1 — **43–94** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **92–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-01-18** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-01-26** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-01-26** Hearing 1/26 at 3:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Delegate Griffith) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 687 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a086a1-0019-49ce-b5a9-d0d56d72390c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).