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Small technical fix would restore regulatory authority to Maryland Department of Emergency Management for 9-1-1 board rules
Summary
Sponsor and department witnesses said House Bill 423 would restore explicit regulatory authority to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management and the State 9-1-1 Board after the agency's 2021 reorganization elevated MEMA to a cabinet-level department. MDEM and the sponsor described the change as administrative and noncontroversial; the bill
Sponsor Delegate Leslie Lopez told the committee House Bill 423 restores regulatory authority to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) and the State 9‑1‑1 Board that was unintentionally omitted when MEMA became a cabinet-level department in 2021. "When the 9‑1‑1 board and former MEMA joined to become the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, updates in the statute were removed and removed the ability to promulgate regulations. So this would simply fix that and allow the department to do so," Lopez said.
Deputy Secretary Chaz Eby and Anna Sierra of MDEM testified in support and described the measure as an administrative and technical fix requested by the department. They asked for a favorable report; no opposition appeared at the hearing.
