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OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
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                              S.B. 28                             Final Analysis
                  134th   General Assembly
                                                                      Click here for S.B. 28’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Passed by the General Assembly
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Hoagland
Effective Date: August 10, 2021
Effective Date:
Amanda Goodman, Attorney
                                                          SUMMARY
                     Allows owls to be used in the sport of falconry.
                                                DETAILED ANALYSIS
Owls used in falconry
        The act allows a person to use owls (of the family Strigidae1) in the sport of falconry,
provided the person does so in conformity with state and federal falconry laws.2 Falconry, also
called hawking, is the sport of employing birds to hunt game.
       Under continuing law, a person who wishes to engage in falconry must obtain a permit
from the Chief of the Division of Wildlife.3 Both of the following bird families (designated as
raptors in the law) are still approved for use in falconry in Ohio:
                     Falcons and caracaras (of the family Falconidae); and
                     Accipitrids (of the family Accipitridae, other than a bald eagle), such as hawks, eagles,
                          kites, harriers, and Old World vultures.4
1The family Strigidae contains approximately 189 different species of owls and are distinguished from
barn owls (which are part of the family Tytonidae). For more information, see
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Strigidae.
2 R.C. 1533.05. See also federal law, 50 C.F.R. § 21.29, which allows all Strigiformes (owls that are
“native” raptors) to be used in falconry.
3                 R.C. 1533.05(C).
4                 R.C. 1533.05(A).
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                                          HISTORY
                             Action                                     Date
Introduced                                           01-27-21
Reported, S. Agriculture & Natural Resources         02-10-21
Passed Senate (33-0)                                 02-17-21
Reported, H. Agriculture & Conservation              04-20-21
Passed House (69-23)                                 04-22-21
21-SB28-134/ec
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                                                                As Passed by the General Assembly
Statutes affected: 
As Introduced: 1533.05
As Reported By Senate Committee: 1533.05
As Passed By Senate: 1533.05
As Reported By House Committee: 1533.05
As Passed By House: 1533.05
As Enrolled: 1533.05