State Senate to consider MMA Legalization bill today

The New York State Senate will, today, consider a bill to sanction Mixed Martial Arts in New York State.

The full text of the bill – S1707A-2011 – is here. At a cursory glance, it doesn’t appear to be much different from previous incarnations, with all the same wording and proposals put forth, including the 8.5% tax on the gate for all events in New York State (boxing in contrast is taxed 3% on the gate).

The blog NY MMA Now is bound to have more info on this.

Bills to legalize MMA have previously passed through the Senate but been defeated once it reaches the Assembly.

UPDATE 4:20pm – The bill has passed the Senate 42-18.