SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. — The family of a 12-year-old Satellite Beach girl killed as she used a lighted crosswalk was in Tallahassee Thursday to push for change.

Sophia Nelson’s parents Mark and Jill spoke in front of the Florida House State Affairs committee hoping a bill named after their daughter, House Bill 1371, better known as “Sophia’s Law,” will be passed.

“Sophia’s Law” would in part change the flashing lights at some crosswalks, changing them from yellow to red.

The Nelsons showed a picture of their daughter as they testified before the committee Thursday morning. Their testimony came on the heels of the death of their daughter after she was crossing a lighted yellow flashing crosswalk in Satellite Beach in December 2019 and was struck by a vehicle.

Now the Nelsons and the bill filed by Rep. Randy Fine of Palm Bay and Sen. Keith Perry from Gainesville are hoping to make a change.

“When passing this bill our hope is that Sophia will continue to save more lives by making the changes necessary and stopping the confusion caused by these lights,” said Mark Nelson.

The committee Thursday voted for the bill to move one more step closer to being passed.

It still needs approval by the full House and Senate before it could go to the governor to be signed into law.