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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas creates a grant program to assist nonprofits providing emergency communications and 9-1-1 services
Last action · July 22, 2025: FiledSponsor: Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas establishes a grant program managed by the to help nonprofit organizations provide emergency communications services, such as 9-1-1, to . The program is funded through appropriations, gifts, grants, or donations, and the commission is directed to establish application, eligibility, approval, and accountability rules.
Nonprofit providers of emergency communications gain access to a new state grant funding stream, while the state establishes accountability controls over how grant monies are spent.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nonprofit organizations providing emergency communications services
Eligible nonprofits gain access to a new state grant program and associated funding opportunities, subject to new application and accountability rules.
Commission on State Emergency Communications
The commission is required to establish, administer, and create rules for the new grant program, including accountability controls and application procedures.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
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