House Study Bill 543



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
                                            BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act excluding ultimate and extreme fighting from regulation as
  2    boxing or wrestling contests.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5399DP 81
  5 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 90A.1, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Boxing" or "wrestling" means the
  1  4 traditional form of boxing or wrestling and shall not include
  1  5 fight contests or exhibitions commonly known as ultimate or
  1  6 extreme fighting, as determined by the commissioner.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill defines "boxing" or "wrestling", for purposes of
  1  9 Code chapter 90A, which regulates boxing and wrestling, as the
  1 10 traditional forms of these sports.  The bill also excludes
  1 11 from the definition fight contests or exhibitions commonly
  1 12 known as ultimate or extreme fighting, as determined by the
  1 13 labor commissioner, therefore excluding these contests or
  1 14 exhibitions from the labor commissioner's regulation.
  1 15 LSB 5399DP 81
  1 16 kh:rj/gg/14