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A02214 Summary:

BILL NOA02214
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORVanel
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1019, Gen Bus L
 
Relates to criminal penalties for persons who knowingly advance or profit from prohibited combative sports that result in the injury of any individual.
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A02214 Actions:

BILL NOA02214
 
01/25/2023referred to codes
01/03/2024referred to codes
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A02214 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2214
 
SPONSOR: Vanel
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibited combative sports that result in the injury of an individual   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Relates to prohibited combative sports that result in the injury of an individual   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1(1-a): Establishes the crime of knowingly advancing profits from a prohibited combative sport that results in the physical injury of a person. Section 1(1-b): Establishes the crime of knowingly advancing profits from the same act outlined in 1-a. Section 2: This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.   JUSTIFICATION: The amateur fight would have been illegal before the pandemic, but with coronavirus cases spiking in the city, it risked being a dangerous underground event   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 03/17/21 referred to codes 01/05/22 referred to codes   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A02214 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2214
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 25, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  prohibited
          combative sports that result in the injury of an individual
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1019 of the general  business  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding two new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  Any  person  who knowingly advances or profits from a prohibited
     4  combative sport which results in the physical injury of any  individual,
     5  as  defined by subdivision nine of section 10.00 of the penal law, shall
     6  be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
     7    1-b. Any person who knowingly advances or profits  from  a  prohibited
     8  combative  sport  which  results  in  the serious physical injury of any
     9  individual, as defined by subdivision ten of section 10.00 of the  penal
    10  law, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    12  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03238-01-3
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