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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas creates a grant program to fund nonprofit and regional emergency communications services
Last action · August 20, 2025: FiledSponsor: Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
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What This Bill Proposed
The state requires the Commission on State Emergency Communications to establish a grant program supporting emergency communications and 9-1-1 services provided by nonprofits, , and .
Regional emergency districts, , and nonprofit organizations gain access to state-administered grants funded by appropriations, gifts, grants, or donations to support local 9-1-1 and emergency communication services.
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
Eligible to apply for and receive grant funding from the state to provide emergency communications services.
regional planning commissions
Eligible to apply for grant funding to support local emergency communications and 9-1-1 services.
emergency communication districts
Eligible to receive financial assistance through grants to assist in providing end-user emergency communications.
Commission on State Emergency Communications
Required to establish, administer, set rules for, and oversee the new grant program.
Key Facts
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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- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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