SB842

All five official text versions were read and compared. The introduced, Senate committee, engrossed, House committee and enrolled operative provisions are the same: scope-of-responsibility civil immunity, a gross-negligence exception, and the action-commencement transition. The index lists no amendments; no proposed amendment was added to the final explanation.

The final certification records Senate passage 31–0 and House passage 141–1, satisfying the two-thirds requirement for immediate effect. The September 1 alternative printed in the bill did not become its operative start date. Effective-date clause and certified votes.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Assigned ringside physicians gain protection against covered civil claims, which may reduce liability concerns about staffing events. Injured participants lose access to some ordinary-negligence claims against those physicians, but the law does not shield gross negligence or conduct outside the protected responsibilities. It does not guarantee additional doctors, safer bouts or lower insurance premiums. Protection and exception.

The sole indexed February 17 fiscal note anticipates no significant state fiscal impact, assumes any state costs can be absorbed with existing resources, and anticipates no local-government fiscal impact. The operative bill did not change after that note. It contains no estimate of private insurance savings or the effect on injured participants’ recoveries.