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HB 1505STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation for name, image, or likeness.

Voted 4/17/2024

Summary

Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness. Makes several changes to existing provisions of law relating to compensation of a student-athlete at a public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth (institution) for the use of the name, image, or likeness of such student-athlete, including (i) prohibiting any athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing an institution, its supporting foundations, or an entity acting on its behalf from identifying, creating, negotiating, facilitating, supporting, engaging with, assisting with, or otherwise enabling a name, image, or likeness opportunity for a student-athlete; (ii) requiring each institution to develop and submit to the institution's governing board or similar governing body for approval institutional policies or procedures that govern the compensation of a student-athlete for the use of his name, image, or likeness; and (iii) permitting any institution to provide assets, resources, or benefits as an incentive to individuals, companies, or other entities to provide money, benefits, opportunities, or services to an outside entity that supports name, image, or likeness opportunities for the institution's student-athletes. The bill also requires the Intercollegiate Athletics Review Commission to review plans and implementation considerations for the provisions of the bill and provide a report on its review to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024.

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How representatives voted

554 yea·119 nay·10 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/17/2024Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0837)
  2. 4/17/2024Enacted, Chapter 837 (effective 7/1/24)
  3. 4/17/2024Signed by President as reenrolled
  4. 4/17/2024Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  5. 4/17/2024Reenrolled bill text (HB1505ER2)
  6. 4/17/2024Governor's recommendation adopted
  7. 4/17/2024Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  8. 4/17/2024VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
  9. 4/17/2024House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 1-N)
  10. 4/17/2024Reenrolled