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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires youth camps and high-risk activity providers to submit emergency preparedness plans and notify local first responders
Last action · August 22, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsor: Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas mandates that operators of youth camps and entities offering high-risk activities for minors submit an emergency preparedness plan to the state, maintain real-time communications, and provide session details to local first responders starting March 1, 2026. The legislation authorizes civil penalties of up to $1,000 per day for operators who violate these requirements.
Camp operators and youth activity providers must establish evacuation protocols, post safety information on-site, and notify emergency services 14 to 30 days before scheduled sessions, facing financial penalties for noncompliance.
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
Operators must submit emergency preparedness plans to the state, post safety signs, maintain real-time communication tools, notify local first responders before sessions, and face potential civil penalties for noncompliance.
local emergency medical services providers
attorney general
The attorney general is authorized to initiate legal actions to recover civil penalties and expenses from operators who violate the chapter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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
7 actions- Aug 22, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Aug 22, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Aug 22, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Aug 22, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Aug 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding
- Aug 18, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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