Ten years after the crash that took the life of a 14-year-old Holbrook girl, her family is continuing their fight for change to prevent a similar tragedy.

Dawn Nappi has spent the past decade trying to get a law passed in the memory of her daughter Angelica. The teen's life was cut short by a driver whose license had been suspended seven times when he ran a red light and crashed into the car that the teenager was riding in.

It's currently a misdemeanor in the state to drive with a license that's been suspended anywhere from one to nine times.  Angelica's Law would make it a felony to drive with five or more suspensions. The state Senate has passed the bill multiple times, but it hasn't been brought to the Assembly floor for a vote.

Assemblyman Dean Murray (R-Patchogue) is the bill's sponsor. He says the bill has been stuck in the Transportation Committee for years.

"We have bipartisan support with co-sponsors on both sides of the aisle," Murray says. "But there's one man, the chair of the transportation committee, David Gantt -- he doesn't like it, and so it doesn't move."

News 12 reached out to Gantt for comment, but his office was closed for Presidents Day.

Nappi says it shouldn't be about politics, but about common sense and saving lives.

"As long as I'm on this earth there is always hope. And I will continue to fight on behalf of my daughter," she says.