Two months after the Hill Country floods, two pieces of state legislation outlining new safety requirements for summer camps is headed to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for his signature.

“This legislation cannot bring back our daughters, but it is the beginning of change that must occur so this tragedy never happens again,” said Cici Steward, the mother of Cile Steward, the only Camp Mystic girl who remains missing from the Fourth of July flooding.

In late August, families like the Stewards who lost girls at Camp Mystic testified in front of the state Senate in Austin, sharing heartbreaking stories and demanding action.

Those testimonials helped pave the way for the bills, Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1, to pass.

Senate Bill 1: • Prohibits cabins within a floodplain • Mandates cabins

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