MACo Legislative Director Kevin Kinnally yesterday testified in support of SB 714 Public Safety 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Alterations. This bill will help Maryland continue its ambitious and important move toward Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911), deliver these services equitably across the state, and generally strengthens the statutory framework that governs the state’s 9-1-1 system. From the MACo Testimony: In 2019, the General Assembly passed landmark legislation to update state laws and the 9-1-1 financing…

MACo Legislative Director Kevin Kinnally yesterday submitted testimony to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee in support of SB 901 Public Safety - Emergency Management - Resilient Maryland Revolving Loan Fund. This bill provides counties and nonprofit organizations with valuable funds for community resilience projects. From the MACo Testimony: SB 901 establishes the Resilient Maryland Revolving Loan Fund to provide low- or no-interest loans for local resilience projects that address mitigation of all…

MACo Legislative Director Kevin Kinnally today submitted testimony in support of SB 631 - Public Safety - Statewide 3-1-1 Nonemergency Telephone System to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee This bill creates a statewide 3-1-1 telephone system to connect Marylanders to the government for non-emergency needs. The bill's sponsor and Chair of the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, Senator Cheryl Kagan, submitted amendments to create a workgroup to determine how to best deploy 3-1-1…