--- type: "Bill" title: "Remove prohibition on certain compensation for collegiate student-athlete's name/image/likeness" description: "Remove prohibition on certain compensation for collegiate student-athlete's name/image/likeness" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 271" citation: "Montana SB 271 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Colleges", "Education - Post-Secondary"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ellie Boldman"] version_count: 16 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-22T21:14:56+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T20:37:52+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1494c03-fb9e-4be1-9715-3c632690071d" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1917?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "02d19ace40db8e6b10a9852dfdf002308c1725f528442e786c42962cacec950d" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"] --- # Montana SB 271 (2025) — Remove prohibition on certain compensation for collegiate student-athlete's name/image/likeness ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1917.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273076) 2. **SB0271_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279638) 3. **SB0271_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284567) 4. **SB0271_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305998) 5. **SB0271_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309182) 6. **SB0271_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309183) 7. **SB0271_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279160) 8. **SB0271_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316890) 9. **SB0271_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320465) 10. **SB0271_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321828) 11. **SB0271_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321829) 12. **SB0271_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321830) 13. **SB0271_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324748) 14. **SB0271_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326407) 15. **SB0271_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327619) 16. **SB0271_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310953) ## Votes - be_concurred_in — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **10–4** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **39–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ellie Boldman — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-22T21:14:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-21T15:57:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-21T16:44:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-21T18:30:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-21T20:57:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-22T22:53:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-25T22:09:11+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-04T16:16:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-05T20:14:03+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-06T17:28:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-06T17:48:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee` - **2025-02-07T21:09:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources - **2025-02-13T23:28:36+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-02-14T21:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-18T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-19T22:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-19T23:15:04+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-20T18:44:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee` - **2025-02-20T20:09:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-04-06T18:57:14+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education - **2025-04-07T22:14:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education - **2025-04-08T20:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T19:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:37:24+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T19:46:46+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:46:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T20:37:52+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1494c03-fb9e-4be1-9715-3c632690071d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).