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AN ACT relating to athletics and declaring an emergency.

KY · session 2022RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 11, 2022

Latest action (Mar 9, 2022) signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 12)

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide protections for student athletes seeking compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements or seeking an athlete agent; provide similar protections for institutions; establish prohibitions, conditions, and limitations on athletes earning compensation through name, image, and likeness agreements; prohibit name, image, and likeness compensation as an inducement; prohibit institutions, associations, or affiliated organizations from providing compensation for name, image, and likeness of a student athlete and other similar activities; establish a process for institutions to review name, image, and likeness agreements of student athletes; authorize institutions to establish reasonable restrictions on name, image, and likeness activities of student athletes; provide protections for institutions and their employees in actions taken in the course of administering intercollegiate athletics; require institutions to provide financial literacy and life skills education to student athletes; authorize institutions to provide ongoing support to student athletes and information on name, image, and likeness to the general public; establish that name, image, and likeness agreement documents and related information in possession of public postsecondary institutions are protected student records; limit applicability; limit duration of name, image, and likeness and agency contract agreements for minors and student athletes; amend KRS 164.6903 to conform; amend KRS 156.070 to forbid KHSAA member schools from authorizing student athlete use of school logo and similar property in the athlete's name, image, and likeness activities; authorize Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate regulations to enforce rules on name, image, and likeness; authorize agreements made pursuant to Executive Order 2021-418 for one year and nullify the executive order; EMERGENCY.

Sponsors (4)

  • M. Wise Republican · primary
  • M. McGarvey · primary
  • W. Schroder · primary
  • W. Westerfield · primary

Action history (25)

  1. Jan 11, 2022 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 11, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Jan 12, 2022 to Education (S) · upper
  4. Jan 12, 2022 taken from Education (S) · upper
  5. Jan 12, 2022 1st reading · upper
  6. Jan 12, 2022 returned to Education (S) · upper
  7. Jan 31, 2022 taken from Education (S) · upper
  8. Jan 31, 2022 2nd reading · upper
  9. Jan 31, 2022 returned to Education (S) · upper
  10. Feb 9, 2022 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
  11. Feb 9, 2022 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · upper
  12. Feb 10, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2022 · upper
  13. Feb 10, 2022 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · upper
  14. Feb 11, 2022 received in House · lower
  15. Feb 11, 2022 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  16. Feb 25, 2022 to Education (H) · lower
  17. Mar 1, 2022 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  18. Mar 2, 2022 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  19. Mar 2, 2022 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 03, 2022 · upper
  20. Mar 7, 2022 3rd reading, passed 89-2 · upper
  21. Mar 7, 2022 received in Senate · upper
  22. Mar 7, 2022 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
  23. Mar 8, 2022 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
  24. Mar 8, 2022 delivered to Governor · upper
  25. Mar 9, 2022 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 12) · upper
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and ProceedingsAthleticsCommerceContractsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEducation, HigherEffective Dates, EmergencyGovernorLicensingPublic Records and ReportsUniversities and Colleges

Text versions (3)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Acts Chapter 12 · PDF
  • Current/Final · PDF
  • Introduced · PDF

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