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SB 15 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Adopt Bottlenose Dolphin/State Marine Mammal.

This bill designates the bottlenose dolphin as North Carolina's official state marine mammal. It adds a new section to state law stating the bottlenose dolphin is the designated marine mammal, replacing the absence of an official designation. The bill has no policy, funding, or regulatory impact - it is purely a symbolic recognition of the dolphin's presence along North Carolina's coast. No specific groups or policies are affected by this ceremonial change.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2025
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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits
MINOR
This diff shows primarily technical and formatting changes to Senate Bill 15, which adopts the bottlenose dolphin as North Carolina's state marine mammal. The changes include updating the document header information, adding the bill's referral to the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee with a specific date, and updating the internal bill identification number from a draft code to the official version number. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or new requirements were introduced in this version.
TECHNICAL

Added referral information directing the bill to the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee, dated January 30, 2025

Updated the internal bill identification number from draft code DRS35010-LG-6 to official version S15-v-1

Removed the 'Filed' date stamp and related filing information from the document header

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Total actions
3
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Committee
1
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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