---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness."
description: "Student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness;high school students; Office of the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman established. Establishes rights, duties, and prohibitions relating to the use of the name, image,or likeness of high school student-athletes that are equivalent tothose established in law for college student-athletes. The bill alsorequires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establishand employ such individuals as it deems appropriate in the Officeof the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman,the purpose of which is to provide information, resources, and disputeresolution services to high school and college student-athletes relatingto name, image, and likeness contracts and the rights, duties, andprohibitions relating to the use of the name, image, or likenessof such student-athletes that are set forth in relevant law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Virginia HB 617 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15b6dd2-445e-4961-8ff2-0ce81c84dde0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB617"
source_hash: "ef061c2ae256dea9883f8bdd1380c6bd4af13e43b92f2d4c1c3f912efbd3f536"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 617 (2024) — High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness.

Student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness;high school students; Office of the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman established. Establishes rights, duties, and prohibitions relating to the use of the name, image,or likeness of high school student-athletes that are equivalent tothose established in law for college student-athletes. The bill alsorequires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establishand employ such individuals as it deems appropriate in the Officeof the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman,the purpose of which is to provide information, resources, and disputeresolution services to high school and college student-athletes relatingto name, image, and likeness contracts and the rights, duties, andprohibitions relating to the use of the name, image, or likenessof such student-athletes that are set forth in relevant law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0694** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0694)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106464D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB617H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24106900D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB617H2)
4. **HB617ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB617ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103367D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB617)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103367D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB617)
- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106464D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106900D-H2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee on Education substitute rejected 24106464D-H1
- **2024-02-12** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106900D-H2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB617H2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB617H2)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB617ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB617ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e15b6dd2-445e-4961-8ff2-0ce81c84dde0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).