---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund"
description: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Maryland SB 241 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce7bf71d-3aff-4704-8716-173469b7092c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0241?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6dbda378e7271c325c65054ffdb4fbcae50459b91ea5e52a0417d4293839b927"
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 241 (2022) — Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_146_sb0241t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0241f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0241t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce7bf71d-3aff-4704-8716-173469b7092c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).