Bill Text: NY S04724 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4724 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Imposes a two year moratorium on the conduct of mixed martial arts events in the state and requires the commissioner of health to conduct a comprehensive health study to determine the dangers of mixed martial arts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-13 - PRINT NUMBER 4724A [S04724 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04724-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4724--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 19, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
         sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to impose a two year moratorium on the conduct of mixed martial
         arts events and amateur mixed martial arts competition events  in  the
         state  and  to require the commissioner of the department of health to
         conduct a comprehensive health study to determine the dangers of mixed
         martial arts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
    2  ry, public and for-profit mixed  martial  arts  competition  events  and
    3  amateur  mixed martial arts competition events shall not be conducted in
    4  the state of New York for a period of two years from the effective  date
    5  of this act.
    6    S  2.  The  commissioner of the department of health is authorized and
    7  directed to conduct  a  comprehensive  health  study  to  determine  the
    8  dangers  to  participants  of engaging in mixed martial arts competition
    9  events. Such study shall be completed  within  eighteen  months  of  the
   10  effective date of this act.
   11    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09788-02-4