---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System"
description: "Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Maryland HB 1027 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509a6e4e-9392-42ad-8973-9c26258e7668"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1027?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d1ae37e6755a18100f2c2774c73f657af5a8d8ff6380e15ecf6b85c55a007101"
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 HB 1027 (2025) — Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_17_hb1027t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup to Study Implementation of a Statewide 3-1-1 Nonemergency Telephone System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1027f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1027t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-08** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-08** Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `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`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** 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 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509a6e4e-9392-42ad-8973-9c26258e7668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).