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RESEARCH UNDERWAY INTO POTENTIALLY CHANGING NEW YORK STATE OVERSIGHT INTO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

As we noted a few days ago, there was local media coverage of a bill making the rounds in New York State that, if passed, could change oversight into professional wrestling by the State.  The bill reads:

STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

5953 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2023 ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the state athletic commission to  review the  need  for regulation and licensing of professional wrestling; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
Section  1. 1. The state athletic commission shall conduct a review of the need for regulation of professional wrestling, as defined in section  one thousand seventeen of the general business law, in order to  develop recommendations  to the legislature regarding such regulation. In developing its findings and recommendations, the state athletic commission shall:

(a) Consider the extent to which organizations that infrequently sponsor or host a professional wrestling event require regulation;
(b)  Consider the extent to which wrestling events that do not involve competition require regulation;
(c) Examine the regulation of professional wrestling in other  states;

and
(d) Consult with professional wrestling participants, other stakeholders, and any entity or individual who may assist in identifying areas of concern regarding the safety of professional wrestlers and spectators.

2.  By  November 1, 2023, the state athletic commission shall submit a report detailing its findings and recommendations under this section to the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding:

(a) The need for regulation of professional wrestling; and
(b)  If some form of regulation is recommended, the minimum qualifications and oversight required to meet the regulatory standard.

2.This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire and  be deemed repealed July 1, 2024.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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