Nancy Skinner
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing law prohibits California postsecondary educational institutions except community colleges, and every athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics, from providing a prospective intercollegiate student athlete with compensation in relation to the athlete's name, image, or likeness, or preventing a student participating in intercollegiate athletics from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness or obtaining professional representation relating to the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics. Existing law prohibits an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a postsecondary educational institution other than a community college from participating in intercollegiate athletics as a result of the compensation of a student athlete for the use of the student's name, image, or likeness. Existing law prohibits the revocation of a student's scholarship as a result of earning compensation or obtaining legal representation as authorized under these provisions. Existing law prohibits a student athlete from entering into a contract providing compensation to the athlete for use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness if a provision of the contract is in conflict with a provision of the athlete's team contract. Existing law prohibits a team contract from preventing a student athlete from using the athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the athlete is not engaged in official team activities, as specified. Existing law makes these provisions operative on January 1, 2023. This bill, the Fair Pay to Play Act, would make these provisions operative on September 1, 2021, and would make them applicable to the California Community Colleges. The bill would prohibit California postsecondary educational institutions and every athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from providing a prospective intercollegiate student athlete with compensation in relation to the athlete's athletic reputation, or preventing a student participating in intercollegiate athletics from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's athletic reputation. The bill would prohibit an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a postsecondary educational institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics as a result of the compensation of a student athlete for the use of the student's athletic reputation. The bill would prohibit the revocation of a student's scholarship as a result of earning compensation for the use of the student's athletic reputation. The bill would prohibit a student athlete from entering into a contract providing compensation to the athlete for use of the athlete's athletic reputation if a provision of the contract is in conflict with a provision of the athlete's team contract. The bill would prohibit a team contract from preventing a student athlete from using the athlete's athletic reputation for a commercial purpose when the athlete is not engaged in official team activities, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 159, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2113.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2439.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M.
Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and HIGHER ED.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1348.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 5.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 590.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing March 23.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 666.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing March 10.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB26 | HTML |
| 12/07/20 - Introduced | |
| 05/20/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/15/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/27/21 - Enrolled | |
| 08/31/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/08/21- Senate Education | |
| 03/20/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/02/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/25/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/18/21- Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media | |
| 06/28/21- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 07/12/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/20/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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