Alabama Passes Camp Safety Bill in Sarah Marsh's Memory

0:00Alabama lawmakers just pushed through a major camp safety bill called the Sarah Marsh Heavens 27 Camp Safety Act. It's inspired by the tragic death of eight year old Sarah Marsh from Mountain Brook who lost her life in a flash flood at a Texas summer camp last. July 4th the bill House Bill 381 passed both chambers Tuesday with days left in session and now heads to the governor that heartbreaking flood at Camp Mystic in Texas killed 25 girls and two counselors. Sarah was one of them sending shockwaves back home in Alabama. Families like hers have filed lawsuits claiming negligence highlighting how camps weren't ready for emergencies. State rev David Faulkner also from Mountain Brook sponsored the bill to stop anything like that from happening here. He says it adds straight forward rules so kids at overnight camps stay safe no matter what hits. Overnight camps housing kids for multiple days now need an emergency preparedness license from the Alabama emergency management agency. That means

1:01proving they've got solid evacuation plans, train staff and background checks for everyone working with campers. The governor already backs his strong and could sign any day now maybe even Wednesday. This move honors Sarah's memory and sets up real protection for Alabama's young campers moving forward. From your city powered by AI this is Birmingham News today. I'm Corey with the story.