For survivors and parents of flood victims, the bills represent long-awaited acknowledgment of the July 4 tragedy.

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott is scheduled to sign two bills into law on Friday for camp safety. These bills were authored in response to the deadly flooding during the Fourth of July floodings in the Hill Country. The bills were passed during Special Session number two of the 89th Texas Legislature.

In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an unstoppable act of God or something could have been done to prevent it.