KPRC 2 Houston is reporting: on the Lisa Torry Smith Act, which will take effect on September 1, 2021: Not many days after Lisa Torry Smith died in 2017, after…
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Dallas Morning News: Low-income people of color bear brunt of rising pedestrian deaths in Texas
The Dallas Morning News is reporting on the disproportionate number of deaths among low-income people of color, as pedestrian deaths rise in Texas. The article also cites the Vision Zero…
The Lisa Torry Smith Act is now law across Texas
On June 18th, 2021 the Lisa Torry Smith Act was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. As of September 1, 2021, it is now a crime in Texas…
KPRC 2 Houston: State lawmakers pass Lisa Torry Smith Act after Missouri City mom killed in neighborhood crosswalk
Bill Barajas of KPRC 2 Houston covered the successful passage of the Lisa Torry Smith Act through the Texas legislature. Their report recalls Lisa's tragic death, after she and her…
Texas Legislature passes Lisa Torry Smith Act
The Lisa Torry Smith Act was introduced in the Texas Senate by Sen. Joan Huffman, as SB 1055. It passed unanimously out of committee, then passed the Senate with bipartisan…
KPRC 2 Houston: Texas lawmakers consider bill named after Missouri City woman killed in a crosswalk in 2017
KPRC 2 Houston is reporting: Texas lawmakers considered the Lisa Torry Smith Act on Tuesday, three-and-a-half years after Smith was hit and killed in a crosswalk in Missouri City while…
ABC13: Grandmother accused of hitting, killing young mom won’t be charged
A Fort Bend County grand jury has declined to indict a driver who killed Lisa Torry Smith in a crosswalk in October 2017, while she was walking her son to…
KPRC 2 Houston: Community pushes for change after mother hit, killed in Sienna
KPRC 2 Houston is reporting: Just over a year after her death, friends and family are still pushing for change and action after 37-year-old Lisa Smith was killed inside her…