---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland"
description: "Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "Maryland SB 414 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Hester", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a9d995-0eb4-4b39-8df3-73b04acd7a7b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0414?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c7a8e1f90ca56df723c221c46639d8bcee8dffc71de457cc8e70a562d2d36ea2"
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 414 (2023) — Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_655_sb0414t.pdf)
2. **First - Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting Within Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0414f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0414t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65a9d995-0eb4-4b39-8df3-73b04acd7a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).