Texas 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025) Status: In Committee

HB 19 — Relating to required flood disaster plans for campgrounds; authorizing a civil penalty.

Last action — Placed on Major State Calendar

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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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  • CHAPTER 761. CAMPGROUND SAFETY Sec. 761.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Campground" means a public or private property designed to provide cabins for transient guest use or areas for locating a tent, tent trailer, pickup camper, recreational vehicle, trailer, or other equipment designed for camping for transient guest use. (2) "Campground entity" means a person engaged in the business of owning or operating a campground. (3) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Sec. 761.002. REQUIRED FLOOD DISASTER PLAN. (a) A campground entity shall: (1) develop, adopt, and annually update a written flood disaster plan for each of the entity's campgrounds; and (2) annually submit the plan to the division in the form and manner the division prescribes. (b) If the division determines a submitted plan is insufficient, the campground entity shall make necessary changes and resubmit the plan not later than the 90th day after the date the campground entity receives notice from the division of the division's determination the submitted plan is insufficient. (c) The division may determine a submitted flood disaster plan is insufficient only if the division determines the plan: (1) will likely fail or poses a danger to campers in an emergency; or (2) fails to meet basic safety standards. (d) The campground entity must: (1) post the approved flood disaster plan in a conspicuous place at the campground or publish the approved plan on the campground's Internet website; (2) provide a copy of the approved plan to each staff member and camper before employment or a camping session begins; and (3) provide a copy of the approved plan to the relevant emergency services district or county in which the campground is located. (e) The division may provide recommendations for a campground entity to implement for the campground's next annual flood disaster plan update. Sec. 761.003. RULES. (a) The division shall adopt rules prescribing: (1) the information to be included in a campground entity's flood disaster plan; (2) the form and manner for a campground entity to submit the plan to the division; and (3) the division's procedures for determining the plan is insufficient. (b) In adopting rules regarding a division determination of insufficiency for a submitted flood disaster plan, the division must consider the financial hardship placed on a campground entity to implement a recommended plan revision. Sec. 761.004. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The attorney general may bring an action for a civil penalty against a campground entity that violates Section 761.002. A civil penalty assessed under this section must be in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. (b) Each day a violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a civil penalty under this section. (c) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in bringing an action under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs.

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Action History

  1. Placed on Major State Calendar

  2. Considered in Calendars

  3. Committee report sent to Calendars

  4. Committee report distributed

  5. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  6. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  7. Considered in formal meeting

  8. Left pending in committee

  9. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  10. Considered in public hearing

  11. Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding

  12. Read first time

  13. Filed

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5 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on

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Not signed on (162)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 19?
HB 19 is sponsored by Leo Wilson, Trey Wharton, Matt Morgan, Will Metcalf, Don McLaughlin, John Lujan, AJ Louderback, Marc LaHood, Hillary Hickland, Richard Hayes, Cody Harris, Charles Cunningham, Angie Button, Brad Buckley, Greg Bonnen, Cecil Bell, Gary VanDeaver, Brooks Landgraf, Morgan Meyer, Jeff Barry, Drew Darby, and David Cook.
What is the current status of HB 19?
This bill died with 89th Legislature, 1st Called Session (2025). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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