Parents who lost their daughters from flood waters at Camp Mystic said their deaths were “100% preventable” and asked the legislature to implement mandatory safety protocols for camps statewide. Camp Mystic,

The parents of girls who lost their lives at Camp Mystic on July 4 will testify before the Texas Senate Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select Committee in support of Senate Bill 1.

Families of the victims killed at Camp Mystic during the Texas flood disaster spoke out at a hearing for a bill to improve safety at youth camps.

The families shared stories of unimaginable grief and heartache as they pleaded with committee members to pass SB 1 to ensure Texas youth camps are safer.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Starting this school year, the University of Houston-Victoria campus will be moving into the Texas A&M University System. It will be rebranded as Texas A&M-Victoria on September 1st. KBTX caught up with State Senator Lois Kolkhorst (R), who authored the bill (SB 2361) which enacted the change.

Parents whose children were among 27 killed at Camp Mystic on Texas' Guadalupe River during the Fourth of July flash flooding are scheduled to testify.

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.