---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations"
description: "Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 900"
citation: "Maryland SB 900 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e8bad0e-56ec-4f5d-a971-b27d483b1071"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0900?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aada3fc0cde6b80b2cfdc981c2c1772ec7dd94df668595af177cc75bbca688a0"
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 900 (2025) — Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_658_sb0900t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0900f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0900t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/26 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`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e8bad0e-56ec-4f5d-a971-b27d483b1071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).