New York S 8437: Relates to establishing a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York

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S08437 Summary:

BILL NOS08437 

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Amd §§1000, 1001, 1015 & 1017, rpld §1015 sub 11, Gen Bus L

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Lowers the financial burden imposed on professional wrestling promoters.

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BILL NOS08437 

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06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8437

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to lowering the
 financial burden of professional wrestling promoters; and to repeal
 certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1000 of the general business law,
 2 as added by chapter 32 of the laws of 2016, is amended and two new
 3 subdivisions 7 and 8 are added to read as follows:
 4 3. "Combative sport" means any unarmed bout, contest, competition,
 5 match, or exhibition undertaken to entertain an audience, wherein the
 6 participants primarily grapple [or wrestle], or deliver blows of any
 7 kind to, or use force in any way to manipulate, the body of another
 8 participant, and wherein the outcome and score depend entirely on such
 9 activities.
 10 7. "Professional wrestling" means a performance of sports enter-
 11 tainment in which two or more participants perform in mock or theatrical
 12 unarmed, hand-to-hand combat for the purpose of entertainment, do not
 13 intentionally cause bodily harm to themselves or other participants, and
 14 the outcome of such exhibition is predetermined or the participants do
 15 not necessarily strive to win. This definition shall not include any
 16 wrestling contest or exhibition where the contestants are all amateurs
 17 and such events are sponsored by and under the supervision of any
 18 university, college, school, or other institution of learning, recog-
 19 nized by the regents of the state of New York.
 20 8. "Wrestling exhibition", "wrestling contest", or "wrestling event"
 21 means any demonstration of professional wrestling that is presented to
 22 the public.
 23 § 2. Section 1001 of the general business law, as added by chapter 32
 24 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13325-02-5

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 1 § 1001. Combative sports authorized. Combative sports conducted under
 2 the supervision of the commission, under the supervision of an author-
 3 ized sanctioning entity, or as provided for in section one thousand
 4 twenty-one of this article, are hereby authorized. Authorized combative
 5 sports include, amateur and professional boxing, amateur and profes-
 6 sional wrestling, sparring, kick boxing, single discipline martial arts
 7 and mixed martial arts, pursuant to the provisions of this article.
 8 § 3. Subdivision 10 of section 1015 of the general business law, as
 9 added by chapter 32 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
 10 10. In addition to the bond required by subdivision nine of this
 11 section, each applicant for a license to conduct an authorized profes-
 12 sional combative sport shall execute and file with the secretary of
 13 state a bond in an amount to be determined by the commission to be
 14 approved as to form and sufficiency of sureties thereon by the secretary
 15 of state, conditioned for and guaranteeing the payment of professionals'
 16 [and professional wrestlers'] purses, salaries of club employees
 17 licensed by the commission, and the legitimate expenses of printing
 18 tickets and all advertising material.
 19 § 4. Subdivision 11 of section 1015 of the general business law is
 20 REPEALED.
 21 § 5. Section 1017 of the general business law, as added by chapter 32
 22 of the laws of 2016, is amended to rea