---
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: "SB 12"
citation: "Maryland SB 12 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef778a5-17c8-46d4-8708-647bedf66f4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0012?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5153d217054c3cb811ef57aba0c9f213da74869b372d564e2048538ac5187fc9"
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 12 (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_688_sb0012e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0012e.pdf)
3. **First - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0012f.pdf)
4. **Third - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services and Public Safety Answering Points – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0012t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **94–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Referred Health and Government Operations Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 688 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ef778a5-17c8-46d4-8708-647bedf66f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).