Assembly Bill A2214

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibited combative sports that result in the injury of an individual

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2214 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1019, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6434

2023-A2214 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to criminal penalties for persons who knowingly advance or profit from prohibited combative sports that result in the injury of any individual.

2023-A2214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2214
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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:

   Section 1. Section 1019 of the general  business  law  is  amended  by
 adding two new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows:
   1-A.  ANY  PERSON  WHO KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS FROM A PROHIBITED
 COMBATIVE SPORT WHICH RESULTS IN THE PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANY  INDIVIDUAL,
 AS  DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, SHALL
 BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   1-B. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS  FROM  A  PROHIBITED
 COMBATIVE  SPORT  WHICH  RESULTS  IN  THE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANY
 INDIVIDUAL, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE  PENAL
 LAW, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 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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