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Committee backs bill to exempt small charity fight nights from athletic commission rules
Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 16, which would carve out nonprofit fundraising exhibitions (like a local "Freedom Fight Night") from State Athletic Commission sanctions. Sponsor said fees and sanctioning requirements forced organizers to cancel a 2024 charity event that had raised $24,000 in 2023.
Representative Rob Bieswanger, R‑District 8, told the House Business Committee on Feb. 11 that House Bill 16 would create a narrow exemption allowing nonprofit fundraising exhibition bouts to proceed without full State Athletic Commission sanctioning.
Bieswanger described a Horseshoe Bend fundraiser called Freedom Fight Night that raised about $24,000 in 2023 and planned a larger 2024 event that organizers…
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