Relating to emergency preparedness and safety requirements for youth camps.
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SB 60 — Relating to emergency preparedness and safety requirements for youth camps.
Last action — Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 141.009, Health and Safety Code, Section 141.0091, Health and Safety Code.
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Section 141.009, Health and Safety Code
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Section 141.0091, Health and Safety Code
Sec. 141.0091. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. (a) The department may not issue or renew a license for a youth camp under this chapter unless the youth camp operator provides to the department documentation showing the camp: (1) maintains operable radios capable of providing real-time weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service or a similar professional weather service in each camp facility in which the camp provides overnight accommodations; (2) installs and maintains at the camp an emergency warning system that: (A) is capable of alerting all campers and camp occupants of an emergency; and (B) includes a public address system operable without reliance on an Internet connection; (3) monitors safety alerts issued: (A) by the National Weather Service or a similar professional weather service; and (B) by local river authorities or through other local emergency notification systems; (4) adopts a written emergency preparedness plan detailing: (A) evacuation and transportation procedures; (B) muster zones; and (C) the location and proper use of available emergency equipment, including: (i) items for extinguishing fires; (ii) beacons; (iii) flotation devices; and (iv) any other emergency equipment required by department rules; (5) provides the emergency preparedness plan described by Subdivision (4) to and obtains approval from the local agency responsible for providing emergency response services for the camp; (6) provides a weekly notification to the local agency described by Subdivision (5) of the number of campers and other occupants present at the camp for that week; (7) designates as an emergency preparedness supervisor a staff member for the camp; and (8) conducts appropriate safety drills during each camp session. (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
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Action History
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Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
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Read first time
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Filed
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Sponsors
- Lois Kolkhorst · Primary
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- SB 60 is sponsored by Lois Kolkhorst.
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