Amended in Senate August 12, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 6, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 10, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1186


Introduced by Assembly Member Bonilla

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Jones)

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February 22, 2013


begin deleteAn act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 60130) to Chapter 1 of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. end deletebegin insertAn act to amend Sections 18625, 18627, and 18702 of, and to add Section 18770 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to business, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1186, as amended, Bonilla. begin deletePupil instruction: Common Core Implementation Block Grant. end deletebegin insertState Athletic Commission.end insert

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Under existing law, the State Athletic Commission Act, the State Athletic Commission has jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prohibits an event from taking place without the prior approval of the commission. Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in the promotion of, or from participating in, a boxing or martial arts contest, match, or exhibition without a license, except as specified. Existing law states that protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the commission.

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Existing law defines “martial arts” to include any combination of full contact martial arts including mixed martial arts and defines “full contact” as the use of full unrestrained physical force in a martial arts contest. Under existing law, a “contest” is where full or partial contact is used or intended that may result or is intended to result in physical harm to the opponent. Under existing law, opponents are not required to use their best efforts in any exhibition or sparring match.

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This bill would delete that provision relating to best efforts and would specify that a contest includes a professional or amateur contest where full contact is used or intended to result in physical harm to the opponent. The bill would provide that an amateur contest includes a contest where full contact is used, even if unintentionally. The bill would define the term “full contact” to mean the use of full unrestrained physical force in a martial arts contest that may result or is intended to result in physical harm to the opponent.

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Existing law authorizes the commission to license professional and amateur martial arts fighters. Existing law prohibits a person under 18 years of age from participating as a contestant in any contest or match or exhibition, except that any person 16 years of age or over may be licensed as an amateur and may participate in an amateur contest or match.

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This bill would instead prohibit a person under 18 years of age from participating as a contestant in any professional contest or match or exhibition and authorize any person, irrespective of age, to participate in an amateur contest, match, or exhibition subject to that licensure authorization. The bill would specify that the commission has jurisdiction over all forms and conditions of forms of full contact martial arts contests involving participants 18 years of age or younger.

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Existing law authorizes the commission to appoint an advisory committee to advise the commission on martial arts. Existing law requires the advisory committee to be composed of members with prior specified experience with kickboxing or full-contact martial arts events.

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This bill would require the commission to establish a pankration subcommittee, consisting of 3 commission members, to investigate the rules and conduct of contests involving or claiming to involve pankration by persons under 18 years of age, or any style deemed by the subcommittee to be sufficiently similar thereto. The bill would require the subcommittee to meet and examine specified matters, including, but not limited to, participant safety in pankration contests and whether legislation should be enacted to impose age-based restrictions on those contest participants. The bill would require the subcommittee to make recommendations to the commission regarding any administrative actions or statutory changes to be enacted that may be necessary to improve its regulation and oversight of pankration contests.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Existing law requires the Academic Content Standards Commission to develop, and the state board to adopt or reject, academic content standards in language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and build toward college and career readiness by the time of high school graduation, and requires at least 85% of these standards to be the common core academic content standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or any associated or related interstate collaboration, except as specified.

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This bill would establish the Common Core Implementation Block Grant for purposes of implementing the adopted common core academic content standards. The bill would require the Superintendent to allocate block grant funds to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on the basis of prior year enrollment and would require the school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools receiving block grant funds to use those funds for certain purposes, including professional development of teachers, administrators, and paraprofessional educators, as specified. The bill would require, as a condition of receiving block grant funds, the governing board of a school district, the county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school to adopt a plan delineating how the block grant funds shall be spent and to report detailed expenditure information to the State Department of Education on or before January 1, 2015, as specified. The bill would require the department to provide a summary of the expenditure information provided to it to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2015. The bill would require the Common Core Implementation Block Grant to not be implemented unless funding is provided for the block grant in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

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Vote: begin deletemajority end deletebegin insert23end insert. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 18625 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions
2Code
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18625.  

begin delete“Contest” end deletebegin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertAs described in the specific provisions
4of the act, whether referring to a professional or amateur contest
5or match, the terms “contest” end insert
and “match” are synonymous, may
6be used interchangeably, include boxing, kickboxing, and martial
7arts exhibitions, and mean a fight, prizefight, boxing contest,
8pugilistic contest, kickboxing contest, martial arts contest, or
9sparring match, between two or more persons, where fullbegin delete or partialend delete
10 contact is used or intended that may result or is intended to result
11in physical harm to the opponent.begin delete In any exhibition or sparring
12match, the opponents are not required to use their best efforts.end delete

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13 (b) (1) An amateur contest or match includes a contest or
14match where full contact is used, even if unintentionally.

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15(2) An amateur contest or match does not include light contact
16karate, tae kwon-do, judo, or any other light contact martial arts
17as approved by the commission and recognized by the International
18Olympic Committee as an Olympic sport.

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begin insertSEC. 2.end insert  

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begin insertSection 18627 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
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18627.  

(a) “Martial arts” means any form of karate, kung fu,
22tae kwon-do, kickboxing or any combination of full contact martial
23arts, including mixed martial arts, or self-defense conducted on a
24full contact basis where a weapon is not used.

25(b) “Kickboxing” means any form of boxing in which blows
26are delivered with the hand and any part of the leg below the hip,
27including the foot.

28(c) “Full contact” means the use of fullbegin delete unrestraintedend delete
29begin insert unrestrainedend insert physical force in a martial arts contestbegin insert that may result
30or is intended to result in physical harm to the opponent, including
31any contact that does not meet the definition of light contact or
32noncontactend insert
.

33(d) “Light contact” means the use of controlled martial arts
34techniques wherebybegin delete contact to the body is permitted in a restrained
35manner,end delete
no contact to the face isbegin delete permitted,end deletebegin insert permittedend insert and no
36contact is permitted which may result or is intended to result in
37physical harm to the opponent.

P5    1(e) “Noncontact” means that no contact occurs between either
2contestant.

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begin insertSEC. 3.end insert  

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begin insertSection 18702 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
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18702.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert No person underbegin delete the age ofend delete 18 yearsbegin insert of ageend insert shall
6participate as a contestant in anybegin insert professionalend insert contest or match or
7begin delete exhibition, except that any person 16 years or over may be licensed
8as an amateur and may participate in an amateur contest or match.end delete

9begin insert exhibition.end insert

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10(b) Any person, irrespective of age, may participate in an
11amateur contest, match, or exhibition subject to Section 18642.

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12(c) Consistent with Section 18640, the commission shall have
13jurisdiction over all forms and combinations of forms of full contact
14martial arts contests involving participants 18 years of age or
15younger.

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Section 18770 is added to the Business and Professions
17Code
, to read:

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(a) (1) The commission shall establish a pankration
19subcommittee to investigate the rules and conduct of contests
20involving or claiming to involve pankration by persons under 18
21years of age, or any style deemed by the subcommittee to be
22sufficiently similar thereto.

23(2) The pankration subcommittee shall consist of three members
24of the commission.

25(b) The subcommittee shall meet and examine the following
26matters, including, but not limited to:

27(1) In general, the legality and safety of the contests described
28in subdivision (a).

29(2) Whether or not legislation should be enacted to impose
30age-based requirements or restrictions, which may include a
31prohibition on participants engaging in the contests described in
32subdivision (a).

33(3) Appropriate safety precautions for persons under 18 years
34of age engaging in the contests described in subdivision (a).

35(c) The subcommittee shall make recommendations to the
36commission regarding any administrative actions or statutory
37changes to be enacted that may be necessary to improve its
38regulation and oversight of the contests described in subdivision
39(a) in order to adequately protect participants.

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This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
2immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
3the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
4immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

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5In order to make needed changes to the State Athletic
6Commission Act as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act
7take effect immediately.

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SECTION 1.  

Article 8 (commencing with Section 60130) is
9added to Chapter 1 of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the 10Education Code, to read:

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12Article 8.  Common Core Implementation Block Grant
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60130.  

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
15Common Core Implementation Block Grant Act.

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60131.  

(a) For purposes of implementing the common core
17academic content standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605.8,
1860605.85, and 60811.3, there is hereby established the Common
19Core Implementation Block Grant. It is the intent of the Legislature
20that school districts, county offices of education, and charter
21schools use block grant funds allocated pursuant to subdivision
22(b) to support the integration of common core academic content
23standards in instruction for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
24inclusive, for purposes of establishing quality instructional
25programs for all pupils.

26(b) For the 2013-14 fiscal year, subject to subdivision (d), the
27Superintendent shall allocate block grant funds to school districts,
28county offices of education, and charter schools on the basis of
29prior year enrollment. The allocated block grant funds shall be
30available for encumbrance through the 2014-15 fiscal year.

31(c) A school district, county office of education, or charter
32school shall expend block grant funds allocated pursuant to this
33section for any of the following purposes:

34(1) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and
35paraprofessional educators that is aligned to the common core
36academic content standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605.8,
3760605.85, and 60811.3.

38(2) Instructional materials aligned to the common core academic
39content standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605.8, 60605.85,
40and 60811.3, including, but not limited to, supplemental
P7    1instructional materials as provided in Sections 60605.86, 60605.87,
2and 60605.88.

3(3) Integration of the common core academic content standards
4through technology-based instruction for purposes of improving
5the academic performance of pupils, including, but not limited to,
6administering computer-based assessments and providing
7high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity for the purpose
8of administering computer-based assessments.

9(d) As a condition of receiving block grant funds allocated
10pursuant to this section, the governing board of a school district,
11county board of education, or the governing body of a charter
12school shall do both of the following:

13(1) Develop and adopt a plan delineating how block grant funds
14allocated pursuant to this section shall be spent. The plan shall be
15explained in a regularly scheduled public meeting of the governing
16board of the school district, county board of education, or
17governing body of the charter school, before its adoption in a
18subsequent regularly scheduled public meeting.

19(2) On or before January 1, 2015, report detailed expenditure
20information to the department, including, but not limited to, specific
21purchases made and the number of teachers, administrators, or
22paraprofessional educators that received professional development.
23The department shall determine the format for this report.

24(e) The department shall summarize the information reported
25pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) and shall submit the
26summary to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy
27committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2015.

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60132.  

This article shall not be implemented unless funding
29is provided for the Common Core Implementation Block Grant in
30the annual Budget Act or another statute.

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