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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1073: Boxing and martial arts.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1073 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Boxing and martial arts. Primary sponsor: Scott Baldwin (Republican), Craig Haggard (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Public Law 115.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that the Indiana gaming commission shall (instead of may) adopt rules to regulate the conduct of mixed martial arts, martial arts, professional wrestling, boxing and bare-knuckle fighting, and sparring. Incorporates by reference the most recent version of any of the unified rules (unified rules) adopted by the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports. Provides that the unified rules apply only to the regulation of certain conduct.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Scott BaldwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Craig HaggardPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Chris GartenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate45
Kyle MillerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Public Law 115
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. Signed by the Speaker
  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 461: yeas 83, nays 2
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the House with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 321: yeas 47, nays 2
  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source