Ten Texas lawmakers are touring Camp Mystic in Hunt on Monday for the first on-site meeting of a bipartisan committee investigating last summer’s catastrophic Guadalupe River flood.
The group — five members from the Texas House and five from the Senate — is walking the Kerr County grounds where 25 campers and two counselors died when flash flooding struck the all-girls Christian summer camp early on July 4, 2025.
The visit marks the first time the House and Senate general investigating committees on the July 2025 flooding events have gathered at the scene since their formation last fall by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows.
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The committees were created to examine what happened that Independence Day morning, review camp and emergency response actions, and recommend stronger flood preparedness measures and youth camp safety standards across Texas.
The tragedy at Camp Mystic was part of broader flooding that killed at least 117 people in Kerr County and more than 130 across Central Texas.
Monday’s tour comes as families of victims continue civil lawsuits and a recent Travis County court hearing examined the camp’s operations. Camp Mystic, which invited lawmakers to the site, is seeking to renew its license to reopen portions of the property this summer.
Lawmakers say seeing the layout and flood path firsthand will help them understand the scale of the disaster and shape future legislation to protect children at summer camps in flood-prone areas of the Texas Hill Country.
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