Bill Text: IL HB1116 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. Provides that if a student-athlete earns more than $250,000 from the use of the name, image, likeness, or voice of the student-athlete, then any academic scholarship granted to the student-athlete shall be reduced by $1 per dollar the student-athlete earns over $250,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1116 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1116-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1116 Introduced , by Rep. David Friess SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 190/10
110 ILCS 190/15
Amends the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act. Provides that if a student-athlete earns more than $250,000 from the use of the name, image, likeness, or voice of the student-athlete, then any academic scholarship granted to the student-athlete shall be reduced by $1 per dollar the student-athlete earns over $250,000.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act is
amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
(110 ILCS 190/10)
Sec. 10. Compensation.
(a) Except as provided in Section 15:
(1) A student-athlete may earn compensation,
commensurate with market value, for the use of the name,
image, likeness, or voice of the student-athlete and
obtain and retain an agent for any matter or activity
relating to such compensation.
(2) A student-athlete may not earn compensation under
this Act in exchange for the student-athlete's athletic
ability or participation in intercollegiate athletics or
sports competition.
(3) (Blank).
(4) This Act may not be interpreted to consider a
student-athlete as an employee, agent, or independent
contractor of an association, a conference, or a
postsecondary educational institution.
(b) If a student-athlete earns more than $250,000 from the

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use of the name, image, likeness, or voice of the
student-athlete, then any academic scholarship granted to the
student-athlete shall be reduced by $1 per dollar the
student-athlete earns over $250,000.
(Source: P.A. 102-42, eff. 7-1-21; 102-892, eff. 5-20-22;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25.)
(110 ILCS 190/15)
Sec. 15. Postsecondary educational institutions;
limitations; prohibitions.
(a) Except as provided in this Act, a postsecondary
educational institution shall not uphold any contract, rule,
regulation, standard, or other requirement that prevents a
student-athlete of that institution from earning compensation
as a result of the use of the student-athlete's name, image,
likeness, or voice. Any such contract, rule, regulation,
standard, or other requirement shall be void and unenforceable
against the postsecondary educational institution or the
student-athlete. Except as provided in subsection (b) of
Section 10, compensation Compensation from the use of a
student-athlete's name, image, likeness, or voice may not
affect the student-athlete's scholarship eligibility,
grant-in-aid, or other financial aid, awards or benefits, or
the student-athlete's intercollegiate athletic eligibility.
Nothing in this Act is intended to alter any State or federal
laws, rules, or regulations regarding the award of financial

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aid at postsecondary educational institutions.
(b) Except as provided in this Act, an athletic
association, conference, or other group or organization with
authority over intercollegiate athletic programs, including,
but not limited to, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics, and the National Junior College Athletic
Association, shall not prevent, or otherwise enforce a
contract, rule, regulation, standard, or other requirement
that prevents a student-athlete at a postsecondary educational
institution from earning compensation as a result of the use
of the student-athlete's name, image, likeness, or voice.
(c) To protect the integrity of its educational mission
and intercollegiate athletics program, a postsecondary
educational institution may impose reasonable limitations on
the dates and time that a student-athlete may participate in
endorsement, promotional, social media, or other activities
related to the license or use of the student-athlete's name,
image, likeness, or voice. Nothing in this Act shall restrict
a postsecondary educational institution from exercising its
sole discretion to control the authorized use of its marks or
logos or to determine a student-athlete's apparel, gear, or
other wearables during an intercollegiate athletics
competition or institution-sponsored event. A student-athlete
may not receive or enter into a contract for compensation for
the use of the student-athlete's name, image, likeness, or

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voice in a way that also uses any registered or licensed marks,
logos, verbiage, name, or designs of a postsecondary
educational institution, unless the postsecondary educational
institution has provided the student-athlete with written
permission to do so prior to execution of the contract or
receipt of compensation. If permission is granted to the
student-athlete, the postsecondary educational institution, by
an agreement of all of the parties, may be compensated for the
use in a manner consistent with market rates. A postsecondary
educational institution may also prohibit a student-athlete
from wearing any item of clothing, shoes, or other gear or
wearables with the name, logo, or insignia of any entity
during an intercollegiate athletics competition or
institution-sponsored event.
(d) An athletic association, conference, or other group or
organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics
programs, including, but not limited to, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics, and the National Junior College
Athletic Association, shall not enforce a contract, rule,
regulation, standard, or other requirement that prevents a
postsecondary educational institution from participating in an
intercollegiate athletics program as a result of the
compensation of a student-athlete for the use of the
student-athlete's name, image, likeness, or voice.
(e) If allowed by a court order, a settlement agreement,

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an athletic association, conference, or other group or
organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics
programs, or a policy of a postsecondary educational
institution, the postsecondary educational institution,
athletic association, conference, or other group or
organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics
programs, including, but not limited to, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics, and the National Junior College
Athletic Association, may directly or indirectly:
(1) enter into, or offer to enter into, a publicity
rights agreement with a prospective or current
student-athlete; or
(2) provide a prospective or current student-athlete
or the student-athlete's family compensation in relation
to the use of the student-athlete's name, image, likeness,
or voice.
(f) A postsecondary educational institution, athletic
association, conference, or other group or organization with
authority over intercollegiate athletics programs, including,
but not limited to, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics, and the National Junior College Athletic
Association, shall not prevent a student-athlete from
obtaining professional representation for purposes of this Act
in relation to name, image, likeness, or voice, or to secure a

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