---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs"
description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Maryland HB 309 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0186525-10da-4072-a534-fc3ba0d0b16f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0309?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1bf7f139a911702690788b0b6d385290cd2a72fa1844d6b5a963dca710a67d05"
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 309 (2025) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_510_hb0309t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0309f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0309t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0186525-10da-4072-a534-fc3ba0d0b16f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).