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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 597
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH30248-LG-117
 
 Short Title: Adopt Osprey as State Raptor. (Public)
-Sponsors: Representatives Cairns, Tyson, Carson Smith, and Miller (Primary Sponsors).
-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
-Referred to: Wildlife Resources, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules,
-Calendar, and Operations of the House
-April 1, 2025
-*H597-v-1*
+Sponsors: Representative Cairns.
+Referred to:
+
+*DRH30248-LG-117*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
-AN ACT TO ADOPT THE OSPREY AS THE OFFICI AL RAPTOR OF THE STA TE OF 2
+AN ACT TO ADOPT THE OSPREY AS THE OFFICIAL RAPTOR OF THE STATE OF 2
 NORTH CAROLINA. 3
 Whereas, ospreys are raptors that are plentiful in North Carolina, inhabiting estuaries, 4
 lakes, rivers, and marshes throughout the Coastal Plain, but can often be seen nesting as well near 5
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 Whereas, ospreys are one of the most easily observed birds of prey, because they use 23
 brush, driftwood, sticks, twigs, and other debris to build large, bulky nests in dead trees along 24
 waterways or in man-made structures over open water, such as channel markers; and 25
-Whereas, ospreys typically reach sexual maturity in their third ye ar and are 26
+Whereas, ospreys typically reach sexual maturity in their third year and are 26
 monogamous, with pairs returning to the same nest year after year, usually in early March for 27
 breeding season; and 28
 Whereas, the female usually lays two to five eggs, for which the incubation period is 29
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 migration; and 32
 Whereas, although female ospreys are somewhat larger than males, each partner has 33
 an average life expectancy that exceeds 10 years; and 34
+H.B. 597
+Mar 31, 2025
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 597-First Edition
+Page 2  DRH30248-LG-117
 Whereas, because of their sensitivity to contaminants in the environment and the ease 1
 with which they can be observed and monitored, ospreys can serve as an excellent indicator of 2
 the health of the environment; and 3