AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers will be looking over a state agency's shoulder to make sure youth camps are safe in the aftermath of July's devastating Hill Country floods.

Texas lawmakers already passed SB 1 and HB 1 to add a list of new requirements to Texas youth camps after 27 young girls died at Camp Mystic in the July 4 flooding . The Texas Legislature already ended its special session in September, meaning lawmakers are back in their districts.

But for at least 10 of those legislators, the job isn't over yet.

On Monday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced new the new "Senate and House General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events." Five Texas senators and five Texas House representatives have been selected for the two committees.

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