Bill Text: HI HB2013 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Mixed Martial Arts; Definition

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-25 - (S) Act 102, 5/22/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1204). [HB2013 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2013-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2013

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATED TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 440E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "mixed martial arts" to read as follows:

     ""Mixed martial arts" means unarmed combat involving the use, subject to any applicable limits set forth in this chapter and any rules adopted to implement these limits, of a combination of techniques, including grappling, kicking, and striking, from different disciplines of martial arts[, including grappling, kicking, and striking].  For purposes of this chapter, kickboxing, pankration, muay Thai, and xtreme martial arts shall be considered "mixed martial arts"."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012.



 

Report Title:

Mixed Martial Arts; Definition

 

Description:

Amends the definition of mixed martial arts to include kickboxing, pankration, muay Thai, and xtreme martial arts.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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