SB290-SSA2, s. 1 8Section 1. 20.165 (1) (im) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,1,119 20.165 (1) (im) Boxing and mixed martial arts fighting; enforcement. Fifty
10percent of all moneys received in forfeitures imposed under s. 444.14, for
11enforcement of ch. 444.
SB290-SSA2, s. 2
1Section 2. Chapter 444 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,2,32 regulation of boxing and
3 mixed martial arts fighting
SB290-SSA2, s. 3 4Section 3. 444.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,2,75 444.01 (1) "Amateur boxing contest" means a boxing or mixed martial arts
6fighting
contest or exhibition in which none of the boxers or fighters are compensated
7for participating in the contest or exhibition.
SB290-SSA2, s. 4 8Section 4. 444.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,2,109 444.01 (1m) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and
10surgery under s. 448.04 (1) (a).
SB290-SSA2, s. 5 11Section 5. 444.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,2,1412 444.01 (2) "Professional boxing contest" means a boxing or mixed martial arts
13fighting
contest or exhibition in which one or more of the boxers or fighters is
14compensated for participating in the contest or exhibition.
SB290-SSA2, s. 6 15Section 6. 444.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,2,22 16444.02 Boxing licenses, Licenses and permits. (1) The department shall
17have the sole direction, management, and control of, and jurisdiction over, all
18professional boxing contests and all amateur mixed martial arts fighting contests
19conducted within the state by any promoter or club. No club or promoter may conduct
20professional boxing contests may be conducted or amateur mixed martial arts
21fighting contests
within the state except under authority granted by the department
22and in accordance with this chapter and the rules of the department.
SB290-SSA2,3,4 23(2) The department may issue, and for cause limit, suspend, or revoke, a license
24to conduct professional boxing contests or amateur mixed martial arts fighting
25contests
to any promoter or incorporated club formed as provided in this chapter.

1Every license shall be subject to the department's rules and regulations. The
2department may limit the number of professional boxing contests given by any
3promoter or club in any city, village, or town and may reprimand a promoter or club
4for violating this chapter or any rule of the department
.
SB290-SSA2,3,12 5(3) No professional boxing contest or amateur mixed martial arts fighting
6contest
may be conducted by any licensed club without a permit from the
7department. Every license shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the
8department prescribes. The department may reprimand clubs for violating this
9chapter or any rules of the department.
An application for a permit shall be
10accompanied by a nonrefundable $300 processing fee. Every permit shall be
11conditioned on payment by the promoter or club to the department, within 2 business
12days after the event for which the permit was issued, of the following fees:
SB290-SSA2, s. 7 13Section 7. 444.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,3,1514 444.02 (3) (a) If the number of tickets sold for the event is less than 2,000, an
15event fee of $450.
SB290-SSA2, s. 8 16Section 8. 444.02 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,3,1917 444.02 (3) (b) If the number of tickets sold for the event is less than 5,000 but
18more than 1,999, an event fee of $2,200 plus a gate fee equal to the lesser of 5 percent
19of the total amount collected by the club or promoter in gross ticket sales or $4,000.
SB290-SSA2, s. 9 20Section 9. 444.02 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,3,2321 444.02 (3) (c) If the number of tickets sold for the event is 5,000 or more, an
22event fee of $4,700 plus a gate fee equal to the lesser of 5 percent of the total amount
23collected by the club or promoter in gross ticket sales or $12,500.
SB290-SSA2, s. 10 24Section 10. 444.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,4,13
1444.03 Application for license; fee. No professional boxing contest or
2amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest
may be conducted by any promoter or
3club except by license granted to it by the department, and no club may be licensed
4unless it is incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin and its membership is limited
5to persons who have been continuous residents in the state for at least one year
. An
6application for a license shall be in writing, addressed to the department, and
7verified by the promoter or by an officer of the club. An application shall be
8accompanied by an annual fee of $25 in cities, villages, and towns of not more than
950,000 inhabitants, $50 in cities of over 50,000 and not more than 150,000
10inhabitants, and $300 in cities of over 150,000 inhabitants when the admission is
11over $1 and $50 when the admission charge is $1 or less
$500. The application must
12show that the promoter or club has entered into a valid agreement for the use of the
13building, amphitheater, or stadium in which contests are to be held.
SB290-SSA2, s. 11 14Section 11. 444.035 of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,4,19 15444.035 Bond. The department shall by rule require a promoter or club
16conducting a professional contest or amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest to
17post a bond or other surety in a reasonable amount determined by the department
18to ensure payment of the promoter's or club's expenses in conducting the contest,
19including payments to contestants and to the department.
SB290-SSA2, s. 12 20Section 12. 444.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,5,2 21444.04 Club Promoter and club reports. Within 24 hours 2 business days
22after a promoter or club holds a professional boxing contest or amateur mixed
23martial arts fighting contest
, the club shall furnish to the department a written
24report, verified by the promoter or by one of its the club's officers under penalty of
25perjury
, showing the number of tickets sold for the contest, the amount of gross

1proceeds, and all other information the department requires by rule to be included
2in the report.
SB290-SSA2, s. 13 3Section 13. 444.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,5,18 4444.06 Inspectors. The department shall appoint official "inspectors," each
5of whom shall receive a card authorizing the inspector to act wherever the
6department designates. The department may be, and at least one inspector shall be
7present at all professional boxing contests and all amateur mixed martial arts
8fighting contests
and see that the rules are strictly observed. An inspector shall also
9be present at the counting up of the gross receipts and shall immediately mail to the
10department the official box-office statement received from the club.
Inspectors shall
11be paid a per diem to be set by the department, not to exceed $25 for each day on
12which they are actually and necessarily engaged in the performance of their duties,
13and shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
14performance of their duties. The department may require a promoter or club to pay
15the cost of designating additional inspectors, who may include a referee or judge
16performing the duties of an inspector, for an event. The department may require a
17promoter or club to pay the department an amount not to exceed $250 for each
18additional inspector designated by the department.
SB290-SSA2, s. 14 19Section 14. 444.09 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,5,20 20444.09 (title) Conduct of boxing contests regulated.
SB290-SSA2, s. 15 21Section 15. 444.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,5,2422 444.09 (1) No professional boxing contest shall be for more than 10 12 rounds
23except that where a championship is to be determined, the contest shall not be for
24more than 15 rounds
, and no round shall last more than 3 minutes.
SB290-SSA2, s. 16 25Section 16. 444.09 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,6,3
1444.09 (3) Gloves weighing not less than 5 8 ounces shall be worn by
2contestants who are in professional boxing contests and who weigh under 140
3pounds, and not less than 6 ounces by other contestants in boxing contests.
SB290-SSA2, s. 17 4Section 17. 444.09 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,6,95 444.09 (6) Contestants in professional boxing contests shall break clean, and
6must not hold and hit. Butting with head or shoulders, wrestling, or illegal use of
7elbows shall not be allowed by contestants in professional boxing contests. There
8shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of the contestants. This includes
9the use of abusive or insulting language.
SB290-SSA2, s. 18 10Section 18. 444.09 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
SB290-SSA2, s. 19 11Section 19. 444.09 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,6,1312 444.09 (9) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, boxing contests shall
13be conducted under the Association of Boxing Commissions' uniform boxing rules.
SB290-SSA2, s. 20 14Section 20. 444.095 of the statutes is created to read:
SB290-SSA2,6,18 15444.095 Conduct of mixed martial arts fighting contests regulated. (1)
16No individual may be a contestant in an amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest
17unless the individual can provide evidence that he or she is covered by adequate
18health insurance.
SB290-SSA2,6,20 19(2) No promoter or club may conduct a mixed martial arts fighting contest
20unless all of the following apply:
SB290-SSA2,6,2221 (a) There is present at least one referee who is licensed by the department and
22at least 4 judges who are licensed by the department.
SB290-SSA2,6,2423 (b) A physician examines each contestant immediately before and after each
24match in which the contestant participates.
SB290-SSA2,7,2
1(c) A physician is present during each match to provide emergency care in the
2event of an injury.
SB290-SSA2,7,43 (d) An ambulance and emergency medical services personnel with oxygen are
4present on the premises and equipped to transport an injured contestant.
SB290-SSA2,7,6 5(3) The department shall promulgate rules that establish all of the following
6with respect to mixed martial arts fighting contests:
SB290-SSA2,7,87 (a) Qualifications and fees for licensure of referees and judges for mixed martial
8arts fighting contests.
SB290-SSA2,7,109 (b) Requirements for regular health examinations of mixed martial arts
10fighting contestants, including all of the following:
SB290-SSA2,7,1211 1. Annual physical examinations by physicians and annual eye examinations
12by physicians who are board-certified ophthalmologists.
SB290-SSA2,7,1313 2. Annual screening for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.
SB290-SSA2,7,1414 3. For female contestants, pregnancy tests before contests.
SB290-SSA2,7,1615 (c) Policies prohibiting contestants from using drugs, including anabolic
16steroids, and mandating drug testing of contestants.
SB290-SSA2,7,19 17(4) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, mixed martial arts fighting
18contests shall be conducted under the Association of Boxing Commissions' uniform
19rules of mixed martial arts.
SB290-SSA2, s. 21 20Section 21. 444.10 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,7,21 21444.10 Physician to examine professional boxing contestants.
SB290-SSA2, s. 22 22Section 22. 444.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,8,8 23444.11 Licenses to matchmakers, referees, boxers contestants, etc. The
24department may grant licenses upon application and the payment of the prescribed
25fees to matchmakers, managers, referees, examining physicians, boxers, mixed

1martial art fighters,
seconds, and trainers in professional boxing contests and
2amateur mixed martial arts fighting contests
. The fees to be paid per year shall be:
3Matchmakers in cities with a population of over 150,000, $25; matchmakers in other
4cities and in villages and towns, $10;
and managers, $10; referees, $15; examining
5physicians, $10; boxers, $5, $40 and mixed martial arts fighters; seconds, $40; and
6trainers timekeepers, $5. The department may limit, suspend, or revoke any such
7license granted under this section or reprimand the holder thereof licensee upon
8such cause as it deems sufficient.
SB290-SSA2, s. 23 9Section 23. 444.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,8,14 10444.12 Referee to stop contest. The referee must stop a professional boxing
11contest or amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest when either of the
12contestants shows a marked superiority or is apparently outclassed. The referee
13shall be the sole arbiter of the contest and may consult the physician identified in s.
14444.095 (2) (c) during the contest.
SB290-SSA2, s. 24 15Section 24. 444.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,8,21 16444.13 Sham contests, license revoked. Any promoter or club that
17conducts, holds, gives, or participates in any sham or fake professional boxing
18contest or amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest shall forfeit its license. That
19license shall be revoked by the department, and the promoter or club shall not be
20entitled to another license, nor shall any license be issued to any club that has a
21member who belonged to a club that had its license revoked
.
SB290-SSA2, s. 25 22Section 25. 444.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,9,24 23444.14 Sham contests; contestants penalized; forfeitures; hearing. Any
24The department shall ban a contestant who participates in any sham or fake
25professional boxing contest or amateur mixed martial arts fighting contest or

1violates any rule or regulation of promulgated by the department shall be penalized
2as follows: For the first offense the contestant shall be restrained by order of the
3department for not less than 2 months nor more than one year, the period to begin
4immediately after the occurrence of the offense, from participation in the contest to
5be held or given by any licensed club; for a 2nd offense, the contestant shall be
6permanently disqualified from further admission or participation in any such
7contest held or given by any licensed club and in addition, for each such offense, shall
8forfeit such amount, out of the share or purse agreed to be paid the contestant for the
9contest as the department determines, the forfeit to be paid into the general fund of
10the state. The department, upon determining the amount of the forfeit, may pay the
11same out of any guarantee deposited with it for delivery to the contestant or may
12order it paid to the department by the club employing the contestant out of the purse
13or share agreed by it to be paid to the contestant. The department shall not
14determine the forfeit until after due hearing held upon reasonable notice duly served
15upon
, and may require the contestant or , the contestant's manager and upon the club
16by whom the contestant is employed. Any member of the department or the secretary
17or any inspector of the department may order the club to hold the share or purse of
18the contestant in its possession pending the hearing and determination of the
19department. For failure to obey any order of the department or the secretary of the
20department or any inspector of the department given under this section, the license
21of the club may be limited, suspended, canceled, or revoked, and the club may be
22reprimanded
, or the promoter of the contest to forfeit an amount determined by the
23department, but not more than $500. Fifty percent of all forfeitures collected under
24this section shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.165 (1) (im)
.
SB290-SSA2, s. 26 25Section 26. 444.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,9,26
1444.15 Reports; examination of books and officers. Whenever any
2promoter or club fails to make a report of any professional boxing contest or amateur
3mixed martial arts fighting contest
at the time prescribed or whenever a report is
4unsatisfactory to the department, the secretary of the department may examine the
5books and records of the promoter or club and, may subpoena and examine, under
6oath, the promoter or the club's officers and other witnesses to determine the total
7amount of its gross receipts for any contest, and may hire an independent auditor to
8assist in making the determination
. The secretary may require the promoter or club
9to pay the expenses of conducting the examination or the independent auditor's fee.
10If a promoter or club fails to pay the amount of expenses determined by the secretary
11to be due within 20 days after receiving notice of the amount, the promoter or club
12shall forfeit its license, be disqualified from receiving any license under this chapter,
13and forfeit to the state the sum of $1,000, which may be recovered by the department
14of justice in the name of the state.
SB290-SSA2, s. 27 15Section 27. 444.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB290-SSA2,10,25 16444.18 Insurance on boxers certain contestants. Any licensee authorized
17to conduct professional boxing contests or amateur mixed martial arts fighting
18contests
shall insure each contestant participating for hospital, nursing, and
19medication expenses and physician's and surgeon's services according to an
20equitable fee schedule, not to exceed in the aggregate $500 $25,000, to be paid to, or
21for the use of, any contestant to compensate for injuries sustained in any such
22contest; and shall insure each contestant for not less than $2,500 $25,000 to be paid
23to the contestant's estate in the event of the contestant's death as the result of
24participation in such professional boxing contest or amateur mixed martial arts
25fighting contest
.
SB290-SSA2, s. 28
1Section 28. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB290-SSA2,11,52 (1) The department of regulation and licensing shall submit in proposed form
3the rule required under section 444.035 of the statutes, as created by this act, to the
4legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than than the
5first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
SB290-SSA2,11,146 (2) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department
7of regulation and licensing shall promulgate the rule required under section 444.035
8of the statutes, as created by this act, for the period before the effective date of the
9rule submitted under subsection (1), but not to exceed the period authorized under
10section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a),
11(2) (b), and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that
12promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the
13preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to
14provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
SB290-SSA2,11,1815 (3) The authorized FTE positions for the department of regulation and
16licensing are increased by 3.0 PR positions, to be funded from the appropriation
17under section 20.165 (1) (g) of the statutes, for the purpose of providing increased
18staff for the administration of chapter 444 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
SB290-SSA2, s. 29 19Section 29. Effective date.
SB290-SSA2,11,2120 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after
21publication.
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