OTHER FAMILY EXPERIENCES A SIMILAR PAIN. ELIZABETH WAS A SPECIAL GIRL. IT WAS APRIL 15TH, 2021. 20 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH CROKE WAS HEADING HOME TO MERRIMACK FROM WORK. SHE JUST PASSED THROUGH THE BEDFORD TOLLS ON THE EVERETT TURNPIKE SOUTH WHEN HER CAR WAS HIT HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING THE WRONG WAY. CROKE, IN THE 24 YEAR-OLD DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR BOTH DIED. OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS OVERSERVED AT A WINDHAM BAR BEFORE THE CRASH. WE JUST LOVE OUR DAUGHTER AND WE MISS HER EVERY DAY. WITH HELP FROM STATE LEGISLATORS, ELIZABETH’S FATHER, DAVE, CREATED HB 279, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ELIZABETH CROKE LAW, AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT OVER SERVE AND THEIR OVERSERVING CAUSES BODILY HARM AND OR DEATH. THOSE PENALTIES RANGE FROM $7,500 IN FINES AND A LIQUOR LICENSE SUSPENSION, UP TO A LICENSE BEING REVOKED. THE BILL HAS FULL BIPARTISAN BACKING FROM THE HOUSE AND WAS AT THE CENTER OF A SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE HEARING TUESDAY MORNING. I DO SUPPORT THIS BILL. I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HOLD FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR OVERSERVING ALCOHOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LEADS TO TO SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH. THIS BILL IS IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT’S TO MAKE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ROADS SAFER. UM, AND SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE AND PUSHING REAL HARD TO GET THIS, UM, PASSED. AND NOW THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SEND THIS BILL OVER TO THE FULL SENATE. AND IF IT PASSES THERE, IT WILL MOVE TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED HI