HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2013
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATED TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 440E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "mixed martial arts" to read as follows:

     ""Mixed martial arts" means [unarmed combat involving the use, subject to any applicable limits set forth in this chapter and any rules adopted to implement these limits, of a combination of techniques from different disciplines of martial arts, including grappling, kicking, and striking.] a full contact sport where the objective is to physically damage an opponent."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2112.

Report Title:

Mixed Martial Arts; Definition

Description:

Amends the definition of mixed martial arts to describe a full contact sport where the objective is to physically damage the opponent.  Effective July 1, 2112.  (HB2013 HD1)

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