Mississippi Senate Bill 2356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Fair Pay To Play Act Relating To Students Participating In Intercollegiate Sports; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Prohibit A Postsecondary Educational Institution From Upholding Any Rule, Requirement, Standard Or Limitation That Prevents Students Participating In Intercollegiate Sports From Earning Specified Compensation; To Prohibit Certain Organizations From Preventing Student-athletes From Earning Specified Compensation; To Prohibit Certain Organizations From Preventing Postsecondary Educational Institutions From Participating In Intercollegiate Sports Under Certain Circumstances; To Prohibit Postsecondary Educational Institutions And Certain Organizations From Compensating Prospective Students Under Certain Conditions; To Authorize Students Participating In Intercollegiate Sports To Obtain Professional And Legal Representation And To Provide Requirements For Such Representation; To Provide That Specified Scholarships Are Not Considered Compensation And To Prohibit The Revocations Of Certain Scholarships For Specified Reasons; To Establish The Student-athlete Name, Image, And Likeness Task Force; To Provide For The Membership And Duties Of The Task Force; To Create New Section 93-19-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Student-athlete Who Is Over The Age Of 18 To Enter Into Contracts Authorizing The Use Of His Or Her Name, Image Or Likeness; To Amend Section 73-42-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Endorsement Contract To Include Agreements Regarding The Use Of A Student-athlete's Name, Image Or Likeness; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Fair Pay to Play Act; authorize student-athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likenesses.

Sen. Joel Carter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-13	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2356.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2356IN.htm