Requires the state athletic commission to promulgate regulations for authorized combined professional and amateur mixed martial arts events no later than June 30, 2023.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2770
SPONSOR: Santabarbara TITLE OF BILL:
An act to require the state athletic commission to promulgate regu-
lations for authorized combined professional and amateur mixed martial
arts events
PURPOSE:
To require the New York State Athletic Commission to create regulations
for combined professional and amateur mixed martial arts events.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Requires that by June 30, 2021 the State Athletic Commission
must promulgate regulations governing the conduct of authorized combined
professional and amateur mixed martial arts events.
Section 2: Effective Date.
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2016, New York legalized the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Since then,
the sport became a significant economic generator for the State and
boosted local economies where these events were taking place. Prior to
the pandemic, demand for combined professional and amateur (pro-am)
events had increased significantly. Pro-am events allow more New York
athletes to participate in local events and create more opportunities
for the sport by allowing both professional and amateur athletes to
participate in the same event. As we work to rebuild the economy, now is
the ideal time to establish the needed regulations for pro-am events to
take place in preparation for the return of MMA events in the future.
Pro-am events would increase revenue to the state and also boost the
local economies when these events take place.
Currently, the New York State Athletic Commission has not created the
needed regulations for pro-am events to take place, leaving pro-am
events "on hold" until the needed regulations are established. This bill
would require the New York State athletic commission to create these
regulations by June 30, 2021 in preparation for the sport to resume in
the future.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22 - A4561 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports develop-
ment
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2770
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to require the state athletic commission to promulgate regu-
lations for authorized combined professional and amateur mixed martial
arts events
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. No later than June 30, 2023, the state athletic commission
2 shall promulgate regulations governing the conduct of authorized
3 combined professional and amateur mixed martial arts events.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06107-01-3
