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HB 989

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Public Safety – 9–1–1 Emergency Telephone System – Alterations

Sponsor: Delegate KrebsCommittee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 378 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that certain providers of a 9-1-1-accessible service provide certain notice to a certain public safety answering point, the Maryland Joint Operations Center, and the Maryland 9-1-1 Board in the event of a 9-1-1-accessible service outage lasting more than 30 minutes and affecting more than 600,000 user minutes; requiring the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland to report to the General Assembly certain demographic, employment, and training information regarding 9-1-1 specialists by December 31, 2021; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSierra, AnnaCaroline County Department of Emergency ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVMansfield, AndrealobbyistMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVAppel, LeighIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Krebs, Delegate KrebslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVKrebs, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMarkey, JackIndividualOral
UNFLestock, JakeCTIAWritten (PDF)
UNFEvans, HayleylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWALooney, SeanIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.
UNFEvans, HayleyRegistered for: Academy Bus; Accenture LLP; Arundel Amusements/Bingo World; Atmosphere DC Dickerson Property Owners LLC; Beltway Fine Wine; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence