---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline"
description: "Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Maryland SB 36 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-09"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f6f835-c962-4c53-8ddb-64c2304f4955"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0036?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0030276defdddc53024bd8853cb144c6fb05c607f8121dddc86b6f4ded1ac285"
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 36 (2025) — Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_14_sb0036t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0036f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0036t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m.
- **2025-01-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-31** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2f6f835-c962-4c53-8ddb-64c2304f4955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).