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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires youth camps to provide tracking tags to campers for emergencies
Last action · July 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: Keresa Richardson
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of radio frequency identification tags.
Camp operators face new operational mandates to distribute and manage wireless tracking hardware for all attending minors, shifting emergency preparedness standards across state-regulated recreational facilities.
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.
youth camp operators
Youth camp operators must provide each camper with an active radio frequency identification tag and comply with implementing rules adopted by the executive commissioner.
campers at youth camps
Campers receive an active radio frequency identification tag capable of tracking their location during emergencies or severe weather events.
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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 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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