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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires youth camps to post evacuation maps and instruct campers on emergency routes
Last action · August 18, 2025: Referred to Disaster Preparedness & FloodingSponsor: Ward Johnson
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas requires youth camps to post visible emergency evacuation and relocation maps on all interior doors of overnight camp buildings and provide mandatory safety instruction to campers and staff before their first overnight stay. The of the Health and Human Services Commission must adopt implementation rules as soon as practicable.
Camp operators must update physical facilities by posting maps in every overnight building and schedule mandatory orientation sessions for all attendees prior to their first overnight stay, affecting compliance standards across Texas youth camps.
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 camps
Youth camp operators must install evacuation maps on interior doors of overnight buildings and conduct mandatory safety orientation sessions before the first overnight stay.
campers and camp staff
Campers and staff receive mandatory safety instruction and access to posted evacuation maps before their first overnight stay.
Health and Human Services Commission
The executive commissioner must adopt rules to implement the updated health and safety standards.
Key Facts
- Youth camps must post an emergency evacuation and relocation map on or near all interior doors of each camp building providing overnight accommodations.
- Maps must be placed at a height easily visible to campers and camp staff and identify primary and alternative safe escape routes as well as emergency equipment locations.
- Youth camps must provide instruction to all campers and camp staff before the first overnight stay regarding escape routes, emergency equipment locations, and map implementation.
- The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission must adopt rules necessary to implement these standards as soon as practicable after the effective date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where must emergency evacuation maps be displayed in youth camps?
When must campers receive safety and evacuation instruction?
Who is responsible for adopting the rules to enforce these new requirements?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Aug 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
- Aug 18, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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