Elizabeth Phillips

So that's starting next summer, not waiting on the 2027 legislative cycle, which means that wouldn't be implemented until 2021.

So it had to happen during that special for 2026 to be any different than this year.

So now in Texas, it is not up to human error anymore or discretion.

You evacuate.

No more sleeping babies in a floodway or floodplain.

You have walkie-talkies.

You have things so you can communicate among the Gabbins in a situation like that.

And what we've learned is not only was Camp Mystic not prepared for a flood, even though it's called Flash Flood Alley and it's flooded multiple times before, to the point where I've had alumni tell me that they remember when it flooded and the staff would bring them breakfast in a kayak.

Like, they knew, they know this floods.

Um, but, yeah, they, uh...

They lost these 27 campers because they refused to evacuate them.

Chloe and Catherine went by the documented orders, stay in place, we'll come get you.

And, um...

But now the camps in Texas are required to be licensed.

No more waivers, no more exemptions.

So that's huge because only 300-something camps were previously licensed, and there's over 1,000 camps in Texas.

They're required now to have a database on the website for the state of Texas about which camps have been licensed and just more transparency, right, so parents can make their own decisions about where they want to send their kids.

And, yeah, a whole bunch of other stuff, too.

That makes camp safer for kids immediately in Texas.

That'll go into effect.