Overview

• Both chambers approved companion bills that would bar licensing of camps with cabins in floodplains and send the measures to Gov. Greg Abbott.
• The legislation redefines the 100-year floodplain to include areas previously removed from FEMA maps and ties compliance to a camp’s license to operate.
• Camps would be required to install non‑internet‑reliant emergency warning systems, maintain weather radios, post lit evacuation routes, train staff annually, and designate preparedness coordinators.
• Lawmakers also advanced a $288 million one‑time disaster appropriation, while a separate $50 million request for first‑responder communications interoperability was stripped from the final package.
• Several Kerr County camps warned the relocation mandate could cost millions and threaten operations, as others including Camp Mystic and Camp Waldemar expressed support or outlined compliance plans.