{"id":2910,"date":"2024-02-01T11:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2024-02-01T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:19:14","slug":"lovick-bill-aiding-children-of-victims-of-drunk-driving-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/2024\/02\/01\/lovick-bill-aiding-children-of-victims-of-drunk-driving-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovick bill aiding children of victims of drunk driving passes Senate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong> <\/span>\u2014 Feb. 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lovick bill aiding children of victims of drunk driving passes Senate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Legislation allowing courts to order drunk drivers who kill or permanently disable a parent to pay child support towards the care of the victim\u2019s children passed the Senate today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation is about accountability; it\u2019s about holding drunk drivers accountable. I am sick of people dying because of a drunk driver,\u201d said Sen. John Lovick (D-Mill Creek), the prime sponsor of <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5841&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5841<\/a>. \u201cThese collisions are completely preventable, and that means that we need to hold these drunk drivers responsible for the damage they cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tvw.org\/video\/senate-transportation-2023121060\/?eventID=2023121060\">Washington Traffic Safety Commission<\/a>, at least 800 people died on Washington roads in 2023, the most since 1990. Over half of these fatal accidents involved a driver under the influence. Washington State saw a 55% increase in fatalities resulting from impaired drivers between 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie\u2019s Law was first passed in Kentucky by Kentucky Sen. David Yates (D-Louisville). It is named in honor of Sen. Yates\u2019 cousin Melanie Hull, who was permanently disabled and unable to care for her young child after her car was struck by a drunk driver in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Washington state has one DUI related death every day,\u201d Lovick said. \u201cThat\u2019s one person every day never again coming home to their families. Melanie\u2019s Law can\u2019t bring back the parents killed or disabled by a drunk driver, but it will make sure we hold drivers accountable for the harm their choice caused, and it will help the children who are the forgotten victims of these collisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill will now move to the House for consideration. Its progress can be tracked <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5841&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=false\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u2014 Feb. 1, 2024 Lovick bill aiding children of victims of drunk driving passes Senate. OLYMPIA \u2013 Legislation allowing courts to order drunk drivers who kill or permanently disable a parent to pay child support towards the care of the victim\u2019s children passed the Senate today. \u201cThis legislation is about accountability; it\u2019s about holding drunk drivers accountable. I am sick of people dying because of a drunk driver,\u201d said Sen. John Lovick (D-Mill Creek), the prime sponsor of SB 5841. \u201cThese collisions are completely preventable, and that means that we need to hold these drunk drivers responsible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":2817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lovick bill aiding children of victims of drunk driving passes Senate. - Sen. 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