Bill Text: TX SB655 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibited student athlete name, image, and likeness agreements; providing injunctive relief and a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Education K-16 [SB655 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB655-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 655 | |
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| relating to prohibited student athlete name, image, and likeness | ||
| agreements; providing injunctive relief and a civil penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 13, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 2053 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2053. NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS AGREEMENTS | ||
| Sec. 2053.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "student | ||
| athlete" means an individual who as a student participates in: | ||
| (1) a University Interscholastic League activity; or | ||
| (2) an intercollegiate athletic program at an | ||
| institution of higher education. | ||
| Sec. 2053.002. PROHIBITED NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS | ||
| AGREEMENTS. A person may not enter into an agreement with a student | ||
| athlete under which the person: | ||
| (1) pays the student athlete an amount as | ||
| consideration; | ||
| (2) receives the exclusive right to negotiate the use | ||
| or sale of the student athlete's name, image, and likeness for the | ||
| term of the agreement; and | ||
| (3) is entitled to receive a percentage of earnings | ||
| from the use or sale of the student athlete's name, image, and | ||
| likeness until the earlier of: | ||
| (A) the date the person has received a | ||
| predetermined amount of the student athlete's earnings; or | ||
| (B) the date the agreement expires. | ||
| Sec. 2053.003. PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS VOID AND | ||
| UNENFORCEABLE. An agreement entered into in violation of Section | ||
| 2053.002 or any language in an agreement that circumvents the | ||
| prohibition imposed under that section or otherwise achieves the | ||
| same or a substantially similar effect as a prohibited agreement is | ||
| void and unenforceable. | ||
| Sec. 2053.004. PROHIBITED WAIVER. An agreement may not | ||
| waive the requirements of this chapter. A purported waiver of this | ||
| chapter is a violation of this section and is void. | ||
| Sec. 2053.005. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) A | ||
| person who violates this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not | ||
| to exceed $100,000 for each violation. | ||
| (b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of | ||
| this state to: | ||
| (1) recover a civil penalty under Subsection (a); | ||
| (2) restrain or enjoin the person from violating this | ||
| chapter; or | ||
| (3) recover the civil penalty under Subsection (a) and | ||
| seek injunctive relief. | ||
| (c) The attorney general may recover reasonable attorney's | ||
| fees and court costs in bringing an action under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 2053, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to an agreement entered into on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
