I've tried this fix of increasing the RAM to 5 gb, Kumasasa. It didn't work. I also rolled back the driver and it made no difference. I believe this is a separate issue. This computer is less than a year old and only Minecraft 1.9 is having these problems.
Thanks Mustek! I've attached the crash report. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks Kumasasa. I tried that last night as well. Since it's an HP laptop, installing that driver is not allowed by the system. By it's reckoning, everything is up to date. Thanks again for your input!