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Posted: 11:45 AM Jan 31, 2012
Senate OKs Bill for Terminally ill Kids to Hunt
The Georgia Senate has approved legislation that would give a special hunting permit to children with terminal illnesses.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Senate has approved legislation that
would give a special hunting permit to children with terminal
illnesses.
Senate Bill 309, also known as Taylor's Law, was approved by a
vote of 53-1. Sen. Rick Jeffares of Locust Grove, says the issue
was brought to his attention last fall by the family of Taylor
Gramling, who was nearing the end of her battle with leukemia.
One of the 18-year-old girl's last requests was to go deer
hunting, but local and state officials had to get creative to help
make her wish come true ahead of hunting season.
Taylor did kill a deer, and she died six weeks later. The bill
was named in her memory and passed with her friends and family
watching in the gallery.
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