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A family’s call for justice after the death of their son remained unanswered Wednesday as a House panel put off a proposal aimed at making reckless driving resulting in the death of a first responder a felony.

The House Courts of Justice Committee carried over to the 2015 session Senate Bill 293, also known as “Andrew’s Law.” The delay will give the Virginia Crime Commission time to study the issue.

The measure, sponsored by Sen. Phillip P. Puckett, D-Russell, was named after state trooper Andrew W. Fox, who was struck by a Jeep Cherokee while directing traffic outside the State Fair of Virginia. Fox died at VCU Medical Center; the driver was convicted of a misdemeanor and received a suspended sentence.

On Monday, a House subcommittee on criminal laws had grappled with the proposal for more than an hour, hearing testimony from members of Fox’s family who want stiffer penalties to deter motorists from driving recklessly.

But the committee did not want to create legislation that would single out a special group of victims that would be “more important than others under the law,” said Del. David B. Albo, R-Fairfax, who chairs the full House courts committee.