By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Paxton)	H.B. No. 3742
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023;
	May 8, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation of combative sports by the Texas
	Department of Licensing and Regulation and to immunity for ringside
	physicians assigned to combative sports events.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2052.254, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 2052.254.  ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS.  Except as
	authorized by commission rule, an [An] elimination tournament may
	not be conducted in this state.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2052, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2052.255 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2052.255.  IMMUNITY FOR RINGSIDE PHYSICIANS. A
	ringside physician is immune from civil liability arising from acts
	within the scope of the physician's responsibilities if the
	physician acted in good faith and without malice.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2052.255, Occupations Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to an action commenced on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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