STAND. COM. REP. NO. 666-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2891
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2891 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMBATIVE SPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons from
holding, promoting, advancing, profiting from, or participating
in a combative sport.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the
Commission on the Status of Women, and the Hawaii Catholic
Conference testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will help control the
proliferation of extreme or combative sports.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     1.   Defining boxing as a contest under the jurisdiction of
          the boxing commission;

     2.   Defining kickboxing as an activity promoted as
          kickboxing and that does not involve holds, locks,
          chokes, and striking after an opponent has fallen;

     3.   Defining wrestling as to include Greco-Roman style
          wrestling as well as what is commonly known as
          professional wrestling;

 
 
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     4    Defining combative sports in a manner that excludes
          boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and martial arts.

     5.   Prohibiting contracting, or agreeing to engage in
          combative sports.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2891, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2891, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



                                   ______________________________
                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair