---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees"
description: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Maryland SB 974 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2823768d-cf54-476c-8aee-f97fefec27e1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0974?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f244084ec7f05830e10629fa2fe3f24aabf48c88f4a6d534b0fa9d83cdedd080"
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 974 (2024) — Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees

## 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 Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_781_sb0974t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0974t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **110–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2823768d-cf54-476c-8aee-f97fefec27e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).