Bizarre Bills: Does progress in Albany mean progress for WNY?

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In 2012, the state senate approved unanimously a law named after Alix Rice, an 18-year-old who was hit and killed by a drunk driver the year before.
The bill closes a loophole in the law that allows drunk drivers to leave the scene of a crash, and later claim they were unaware they caused any injury or damage.
Every year since 2012, the bill has passed in the senate, only to be stalled in the Assembly.Local and state legislators say it’s a perfect example of an