A major bill passed in the full house today that lawmakers say will keep families safer in Oklahoma. The Caitlin Wooten Act won approval by a vote of 98-2. The bill has violent offenders proving they are not a menace to the community before a judge allows them bail. KTEN's Sarah Lindenberg reports.

Caitlin Wooten was brutally murdered last August. Her killer was out on a bail set by the court. $200,000 dollars.

A bail her family says wasn't high enough.

Caitlin's family has rallied together along with oklahoma lawmakers to make a bill designed to keep kidnappers and other violent offenders behind bars.

Today...it passed in the full house.

A sigh of relief for the family.

"It means that maybe some other child or some other person in Oklahoma might not come to the same fate that Caitlin did. Because of this law we might be able to hold someone, who is acutally dangerous. It might save somebody's life," grandfather Andy Hood said.

"Caitlin would be thrilled she could never have too much attention just knowing all this has been done for her she would be so excited," grandmother Joann Hood said.

The family received a standing ovation today on the floor of the house.

They also received a note from representative Wes Hilliard saying ...."This was for Caitlin ...... Thanks for your inspiration."

Live in the ardmore newsroom, Sarah Lindenberg KTEN News.