All Roll Calls
Yes: 420 • No: 17
Sponsored By: Paul Bettencourt (Republican), César Blanco (Democratic), Drew Darby, Mano DeAyala, Lulu Flores, Brent Hagenbuch (Republican), Adam Hinojosa (Republican), Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Democratic), Joan Huffman (Republican), Ken King, Lois Kolkhorst (Republican), John McQueeney, Morgan Meyer, Mayes Middleton (Republican), Robert Nichols (Republican), Angela Paxton (Republican), Charles Perry (Republican), Charles Schwertner (Republican)
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The law creates a campground safety chapter and sets who is covered. Private campgrounds must meet NFPA 1194 (2021) standards, with two sections excluded; local governments may not set stricter rules for the listed topics. Operators must prepare evacuation and shelter plans for floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and tornado warnings, act on National Weather Service warnings, and send the plan to the city or county emergency manager. If a cabin sits in a FEMA 100‑year floodplain, the operator must install and maintain an emergency ladder to the roof. Campground emergency plans given to government officials are confidential.
Youth camp licenses renew each year on a date the state sets. Operators must file a renewal within 30 days after changing camp boundaries, finishing new cabins, or renovating cabins that change beds or exits. The state cannot license a camp with cabins in a FEMA 100‑year floodplain unless each affected cabin is by a still or dammed body of water not connected to a river, or at least 1,000 feet from a floodway. The law also clarifies what “cabin,” “camper,” “floodplain,” “floodway,” and “governmental entity” mean.
The health department posts and keeps a current list of licensed youth camps on its website. Parents and the public can look up which camps are actively licensed.
Youth camps must create and follow a detailed emergency plan. The plan covers fires, floods and warnings, tornado sheltering, lost campers, injuries, water rescues, unauthorized people, and evacuations, and names a coordinator. Camps must keep a working weather radio, a warning system with a PA that works without the Internet, post evacuation routes in cabins, and keep routes lit at night. Each camper gets a safety talk within 48 hours, and staff and volunteers get yearly training with records. Operators must send the plan to the state each year, fix problems within 45 days, and share the approved plan with local emergency managers within 10 business days; the state stores plans and gives emergency officials access. Plans are confidential from public release. Parents of current and registered campers get the plan, and must sign if any part of camp is in a floodplain. Camps do not have to submit plans to the state until April 1, 2026.
The state makes youth camps follow the same safety rules that apply to campgrounds by agency rule. The health department cannot grant waivers from youth camp or campground safety requirements. The executive commissioner must adopt the needed rules by January 1, 2026. The agency must follow the state rulemaking process and no longer has a special duty to consult listed groups. One code subsection is repealed.
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Paul Bettencourt
Republican • Senate
César Blanco
Democratic • Senate
Drew Darby
House
Mano DeAyala
House
Lulu Flores
House
Brent Hagenbuch
Republican • Senate
Adam Hinojosa
Republican • Senate
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
Democratic • Senate
Joan Huffman
Republican • Senate
Ken King
House
Lois Kolkhorst
Republican • Senate
John McQueeney
House
Morgan Meyer
House
Mayes Middleton
Republican • Senate
Robert Nichols
Republican • Senate
Angela Paxton
Republican • Senate
Charles Perry
Republican • Senate
Charles Schwertner
Republican • Senate
Carol Alvarado
Democratic • Senate
Trent Ashby
House
Jeff Barry
House
Keith Bell
House
Brian Birdwell
Republican • Senate
Greg Bonnen
House
John H. Bucy lll
House
Angie Chen Button
House
Donna Campbell
Republican • Senate
David Cook
House
Tom Craddick
House
Creighton
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Charles Cunningham
House
Pat Curry
House
Sarah Eckhardt
Democratic • Senate
Caroline Fairly
House
Cassandra Garcia Hernandez
House
Stan Gerdes
House
Charlie Geren
House
Roland Gutierrez
Democratic • Senate
Bob Hall
Republican • Senate
Caroline Harris Davila
House
Hillary Hickland
House
Donna Howard
House
Bryan Hughes
Republican • Senate
Lacey Hull
House
Todd Hunter
House
Ann Johnson
House
Suleman Lalani
House
Brooks Landgraf
House
Jeff Leach
House
Terri Leo Wilson
House
Janie Lopez
House
AJ Louderback
House
José Menéndez
Democratic • Senate
Will Metcalf
House
Borris L. Miles
Democratic • Senate
Tom Oliverson
House
Angelia Orr
House
Tan Parker
Republican • Senate
Matt Shaheen
House
Shelby Slawson
House
Kevin Sparks
Republican • Senate
David Spiller
House
Gary VanDeaver
House
Cody Vasut
House
Denise Villalobos
House
Royce West
Democratic • Senate
Trey Wharton
House
Terry M. Wilson
House
Judith Zaffirini
Democratic • Senate
All Roll Calls
Yes: 420 • No: 17
Senate vote • 9/3/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 5
House vote • 9/3/2025
Record vote
Yes: 120 • No: 4
House vote • 9/3/2025
Record vote
Yes: 120 • No: 4
House vote • 9/3/2025
Record vote
Yes: 120 • No: 4
Senate vote • 8/21/2025
Record vote
Yes: 30 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/21/2025
Record vote
Yes: 30 • No: 0
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SB 8 — Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
SB 5 — Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
HB 16 — Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
HB 8 — Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
SB 16 — Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
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