Virginia Senate Bill 464 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Institutions of higher education; intercollegiate Institutions of higher education; intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation, representation, and injury. Prohibits any private institution of higher education, baccalaureate public institution of higher education, athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete with compensation that results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning from another individual or entity compensation that results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness, except in certain limited circumstances; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by an athlete agent or legal representation by an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth; or (iv) declaring ineligible for or revoking a scholarship provided to a student-athlete who earns compensation that results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from prohibiting or preventing a private institution of higher education or baccalaureate public institution of higher education from becoming a member of or participating in intercollegiate athletics sponsored by such association, conference, or organization as a consequence of the compensation of a student-athlete at such institution that results from the use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness. The bill requires each private institution of higher education and each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to establish (i) a sports injury compensation fund into which the institution shall deposit 7.5 percent of the revenue earned from its intercollegiate athletics programs and from which any student-athlete who suffers a serious or career-ending injury during a practice or competition may apply for compensation upon his graduation and (ii) a wage fund into which the institution shall deposit 7.5 percent of the revenue earned from its intercollegiate athletics programs and from which each student-athlete shall receive an equal amount of compensation at the end of each academic year. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill also requires the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System to convene a work group consisting of such members as the Chancellor deems appropriate to consider and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later July 1, 2022, relating to the compensation and representation of student-athletes enrolled at comprehensive community colleges

Higher educational institutions; intercollegiate athletics, student-athletes, compensation.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-06	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Committee amendments
2020-01-29	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102343D

SB464 (Carry Over) 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	408.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB464
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB464+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0144+SB0464