SB 1245 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Boxing and wrestling events; license requirements for examining physicians.

Summary
Boxing and wrestling events; license requirements for examining physicians. Provides that a physician examining a boxer, martial artist, or professional wrestler prior to such athlete entering the ring must have held a license to practice medicine for at least three years in any jurisdiction of the United States and must be currently licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth. Current law requires such physician to have been licensed in the Commonwealth for at least five years. The bill also requires a promoter to furnish to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, within two weeks following the completion of an event, a report showing (i) the number of tickets sold, unsold, and given away; (ii) the amount of gross proceeds; and (iii) the total gross receipts received from distribution rights of such event. Current law requires such report to be furnished to the Department within 24 hours of the completion of an event. This bill is identical to HB 2573.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the official chapter number and approval date for the legislation. It clarifies a reporting deadline for event promoters by changing 'twenty-four hours two weeks' to 'twenty-four-hour two-week', ensuring the requirement is interpreted as a two-week window rather than a 24-hour window. The text also includes minor formatting corrections to the list of prohibited activities.
TIMELINE

Clarified the deadline for promoters to submit event reports and pay fees, changing the ambiguous phrase 'twenty-four hours two weeks' to 'twenty-four-hour two-week' to establish a clear two-week timeframe.

TECHNICAL

Updated the official chapter number to 111 and the approval date to March 19, 2025, reflecting the final passage of the bill.

Corrected minor grammatical and formatting inconsistencies in the list of prohibited activities.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2025
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 111 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1245ER)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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State
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Photo of Bill DeSteph
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
VA
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