---
type: "Bill"
title: "9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup"
description: "9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1034"
citation: "Maryland SB 1034 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Gallion", "Hester", "Jackson", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "McKay", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67adcba2-c1c0-4ece-ae26-fe0b5d371d2b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1034?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "279c59211dac439e90c538dfe19190586e0ceb14bc8de39d915884db9d65c987"
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 1034 (2024) — 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_912_sb1034t.pdf)
2. **First - 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1034f.pdf)
3. **Third - 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1034t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 912 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67adcba2-c1c0-4ece-ae26-fe0b5d371d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).