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Senate committees back unified combat sports commission, adopt health and timing amendments
Summary
Senators voted to pass SB 148 with amendments to create a Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii, combine boxing and mixed martial arts regulation into one commission and add health-professional requirements; the measure’s effective date was deferred to 2050 in committee action.
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and a joint Economic Development and Tourism committee on Jan. 29 recommended passing SB 148 with amendments that would establish a Hawaii Combat Sports Commission to regulate boxing and mixed martial arts.
The measure, as amended in committee, combines regulation of mixed martial arts and boxing into a unified commission and adopts health-related amendments proposed by the Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses to ensure additional health professionals are available to staff…
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