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Widow’s Testimony Doesn’t Convince Senators to Back ‘Gavin’s Law’

A law championed by Assemblyman Jim Patterson to increase penalties on hit-and-run drivers after a 2018 death of a Clovis Unified educator hit a stumbling block Friday in Sacramento. The Senate Public Safety Committee failed to pass "Gavin's Law," named for Gavin Gladding, killed during a jog on Friant Road...

Gavin's Law, Punishing Hit-and-Run Drivers, Advances in Assembly

A law to toughen criminal penalties on hit-and-run drivers inspired by a Fresno tragedy passed a major legislative hurdle Tuesday. Listen to this article:   The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved "Gavin's Law" 5-0 with three members not present. "(This bill closes) a loophole and sort of change this perverse...

Gladding’s Powerful Testimony Changes Minds in Assembly

Gavin’s Law was headed for failure in the Democratically-controlled Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. The law, authored by Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno), would increase penalties for hit-and-run drivers who flee the scene. Patterson named AB 582 after Gavin Gladding, the Fort Washington Elementary School vice principal who died last...

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