Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that requires compensation for student-athletes in regards to name, image, and likeness (NIL) in California.

Highlights:

• Requires an individual or entity that provides compensation or any item of value or service over $5,000 to a student-athlete, or immediate family in connection with, or in anticipation of, participation in a postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program, to disclose to the postsecondary educational institution, or anticipated postsecondary educational institution, certain information, including, the amount of compensation paid or the value of any item or service provided to the student-athlete or their immediate family (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the individual or entity making those disclosures from including the name or any personally identifying information of a student-athlete or their immediate family (Sec. 1).

• Requires a postsecondary educational institution that provides material support or services to a student-athlete in connection with the athlete’s receipt or potential receipt of compensation or items of value or services for the use of the athlete’s NIL or athletic reputation to publicly disclose the total value of that material support or services provided to all of the postsecondary educational institution’s student-athletes (Sec. 1).

• Requires a postsecondary educational institution that shares revenues with student-athletes to make publicly available the total value of the revenues shared with all of the postsecondary educational institution’s student-athletes enrolled (Sec. 1).

• Establishes additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program (Sec. 1).

• Requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).

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