Madelynn Troutt was a senior at Butler High School. She loved cheerleading, was a friend to every person she came in contact with, and planned to study nursing at Bellarmine after graduation.
More than two years after a Louisville teenager was killed in a crash on Dixie Highway, her family came together to see her dreams live on.
Madelynn Troutt's family is making it their mission to carry on her legacy.
The bill also would prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail for any offense of domestic violence and abuse.
The family argues that if The Bail Project had not paid Michael Dewitt's bond days earlier, Madelynn Troutt would not have died.
Michael Dewitt was indicted in April by a federal grand jury on charges of murder, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants and failure to stop and render aid in connection with the Dixie Highway crash that killed 17-year-old Madelynn Troutt.
That crash killed 17-year-old Madelynn Troutt.
Madelynn Troutt, 17, was killed March 1, when her car was hit head-on near St. Andrews Church Road by a stolen truck.
Madelynn Troutt was only a couple months away from graduating from Butler High School and had goals of becoming a nurse.