Legislative record

SB 3263STATE · HawaiiPassed Chamber

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Affirms student-athletes' rights to engage in name, image, and likeness activities for compensation. Requires the University of Hawaii to adopt policies governing institutional name, image, and likeness agreements and other aspects of name, image, and likeness activity consistent with federal law, rules by an intercollegiate athletics governing body such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Title IX. Allows student-athletes to retain professional representation for the purpose of name, image, and likeness activities. Establishes certain transparency and accountability requirements in the administration of institutional name, image, and likeness activities. Provides protections and educational support for student-athletes who enter into name, image, and likeness agreements. Establishes an endowment fund for the name, image, and likeness program. Appropriates funds into the endowment fund. Sunsets 6/30/2030. (CD1)

Voted 5/8/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

115 yea·2 nay·13 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 5/8/2026Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Gedeon, Olds, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Hussey, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Perruso, Pierick voting no (7) and none excused (0).
  2. 5/8/2026Failed to pass Final Reading. Ayes, 11; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 12 (Senator(s) DeCorte, Dela Cruz, Elefante, Fevella, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, Lamosao, Moriwaki, Wakai). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) McKelvey, San Buenaventura).
  3. 5/8/2026Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 889).
  4. 5/6/2026Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 240-26).
  5. 5/6/202648 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-08-26.
  6. 5/6/2026Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 240-26) as amended in (CD 1).
  7. 5/6/2026Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-08-26.
  8. 5/1/2026Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 229.
  9. 5/1/2026Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:50PM in Conference Room 229.
  10. 5/1/2026The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Matayoshi, Todd, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Olds.