TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida legislature passed the bill dubbed Lucy’s Law late Friday night.
It passed in the state senate with a vote of 31 to 0, while it passed in the house with a vote of 93 to 1.
The bill is in response to boat pilot George Pino being charged initially with only minor misdemeanors in a crash that took the life of a 17-year-old Miami girl named Lucy Fernandez.
Fernandez die d on September 5, 2022, a day after the crash.
The bill heads to the desk of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it into law.