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The bill helps states, courts, law enforcement, healthcare workers, and educators implement and coordinate ERPO programs through targeted training and predictable short-term grants, but one-year, relatively small awards risk leaving some jurisdictions under-resourced and may require continued taxpayer-funded renewals.
Healthcare providers and educators receive training and support to better identify and respond to individuals at risk of harming themselves or others.
State and local law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts receive funded technical assistance to implement Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) programs more effectively.
States receive predictable one-year grants ($200K–$500K) to build ERPO coordination capacity without requiring local budgets to cover initial costs.
One-year grants may be too short for states and localities to establish lasting ERPO systems, risking program disruption unless additional funding is provided.
States with limited administrative or implementation capacity may receive only minimum awards and still lack the resources to fully implement comprehensive ERPO programs.
Taxpayers may bear ongoing costs if recurring federal grants are needed to sustain ERPO support beyond the initial year.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates one-year grants of $200k–$500k from the Attorney General to States for technical assistance to support ERPO implementation.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Brittany Pettersen · Last progress February 9, 2026
Provides one-year federal grants of $200,000 to $500,000 to each participating State so they can give technical help to state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, judges and court staff, health care providers, educators, and the state agencies that coordinate Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) programs. The grants are awarded by the Attorney General and are meant to improve ERPO implementation through training, guidance, and coordination.