New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods NYT | Top Stories By: Ruth Graham 6 September 2025 at 06:26 The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators. © Carter Johnston for The New York TimesGov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.