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HOUSE BILL 1387
E4 2lr0929
By: Delegate Guyton
Introduced and read first time: February 15, 2022
Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Employees – Department of State Police – Emergency Dispatcher Classification 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of State Police to establish certain emergency 3
dispatcher classifications; establishing certain compensation levels and employment 4
requirements for emergency dispatcher classifications; and generally relating to the 5
Department of State Police and emergency dispatcher classifications. 6
BY adding to 7
Article – Public Safety 8
Section 2–419 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Public Safety 14
2–419. 15
(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, THE DEPARTMENT 16
SHALL ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICA TIONS WITHIN THE 17
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT : 18
(1) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER TRAINEE; 19
(2) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER I; 20
(3) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER II; 21
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(4) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER III; 1
(5) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SENIOR; 2
(6) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SUPERVISOR; AND 3
(7) EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SUPERVISOR SENIOR. 4
(B) EACH EMERGENCY DISPATCHER CLASSIFICA TION SHALL RECEIVE THE 5
HIGHER AMOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM LE VELS OF COMPENSATION : 6
(1) (I) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER TRAINEE, WITH NO 7
TENURE, SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A RATE NOT LESS T HAN GRADE 12, STEP 4 OF 8
THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A MINIMUM OF $43,136; 9
(II) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER I, WITH UP TO 4 YEARS OF 10
TENURE INCLUDING TRA INING, SALARIES SHAL L BE SET AT A RATE N OT LESS THAN 11
GRADE 14, STEP 4 OF THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A RANGE OF $48,843 TO $67,106; 12
(III) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER II, WITH 5 TO 9 YEARS OF 13
TENURE, SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A RATE NOT LESS T HAN GRADE 15, STEP 5 OF 14
THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A RANGE OF $53,935 TO $71,606; 15
(IV) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER III, WITH 10 TO 14 YEARS 16
OF TENURE, SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A RA TE NOT LESS THAN GRA DE 16, STEP 10 17
OF THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A RANGE OF $63,191 TO $76,432; 18
(V) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SENIOR, WITH A MINIMUM 19
OF 15 YEARS OF TENURE , SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A RA TE NOT LESS THAN GRA DE 20
17, STEP 15 OF THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A MAXIMUM OF $81,596; 21
(VI) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SUPERVISOR, WITH 5 TO 9 22
YEARS OF SUPERVISORY TENURE, SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A RA TE NOT LESS 23
THAN GRADE 18, STEP 5 OF THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A RANGE OF $63,014 TO 24
$87,106; AND 25
(VII) FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SUPERVISOR SENIOR, WITH 26
A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS OF SUPERVISORY TENURE, SALARIES SHALL BE SET AT A 27
RATE NOT LESS THAN G RADE 19, STEP 10 OF THE STATE PAY SCALE OR A RANGE OF 28
$75,605 TO $92,897; OR 29
(2) THE PAY SCALE PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR EACH 30
POSITION. 31 HOUSE BILL 1387 3
(C) EACH EMERGENCY DISPATCHER APPLICANT SHALL: 1
(1) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLET E A BACKGROU ND INVESTIGATION 2
CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT ; AND 3
(2) ON HIRE , COMPLETE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TEST ING IN 4
ACCORDANCE WITH COMAR 17.04.09. 5
(D) AT ANY TIME , THE SECRETARY MAY ALTER THE ESSENTIAL JOB 6
FUNCTIONS OF EACH EMERGENCY DISPATCHER POSITION. 7
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That o n or before January 1, 2023, 8
all Communications Operator positions of any rank or seniority within the Department in 9
existence before January 1, 2023, including trainees, shall be reclassified in accordance 10
with Section 1 of this Act. 11
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 12
1, 2022. 13