Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 15, 2016 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Jan 12, 2015 |
referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Assembly Bill A1481
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CROUCH
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Peter Lawrence
John Ceretto
Dean Murray
2015-A1481 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A1481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1481 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to the regu- lation of boxing, sparring, and wrestling, in relation to mixed martial arts events THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 5-a of chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to the regulation of boxing, sparring, and wrestling, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: A "combative sport" shall mean any professional match or exhibition other than boxing, sparring, wrestling or martial arts wherein the contestants deliver, or are not forbidden by the applicable rules there- of from delivering kicks, punches or blows of any kind to the body of an opponent or opponents. HOWEVER, "MIXED MARTIAL ARTS" SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF COMBATIVE SPORT. "MIXED MARTIAL ARTS" SHALL MEAN THE UTILIZATION OF PERMITTED MARTIAL ARTS TECHNIQUES, INCLUD- ING STRIKING AND GRAPPLING. For the purposes of this section, the term "martial arts" shall include any professional match or exhibition sanc- tioned by any of the following organizations: U.S. Judo Association, U.S. Judo, Inc., U.S. Judo Federation, U.S. Tae Kwon Do Union, North American Sport Karate Association, U.S.A. Karate Foundation, U.S. Karate, Inc., World Karate Association, Professional Karate Association, Karate International, International Kenpo Association, or World Wide Kenpo Association. The commission is authorized to promulgate regu- lations which would establish a process to allow for the inclusion or removal of martial arts organizations from the above list. Such process shall include but not be limited to consideration of the following factors: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05272-01-5
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