---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student athletes, may earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness, conditions established, certain postsecondary educational institutions may not restrict, Alabama Collegiate Athletic Commission established to enforce, Sec. 8-26B-32 added."
description: "Student athletes, may earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness, conditions established, certain postsecondary educational institutions may not restrict, Alabama Collegiate Athletic Commission established to enforce, Sec. 8-26B-32 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Alabama HB 404 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student Athletes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a1b340-2d22-43dc-a1db-b249cc3b4a61"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB404"
source_hash: "b00dacab0d269538cffcc49c0ab9b34761fd70d3e2db46b82391d02e439c926f"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 404 (2021rs) — Student athletes, may earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness, conditions established, certain postsecondary educational institutions may not restrict, Alabama Collegiate Athletic Commission established to enforce, Sec. 8-26B-32 added.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB404-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210618-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210618-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 210844-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210844-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 211500-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211500-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 213036-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213036-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB404-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB404-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- South motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 846 — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 941 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 323 — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 325 — **61–34** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 326 — **63–31** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 324 — **64–24** (pass) · lower
- Hatcher motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** State Government first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 323 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 324 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Gray Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 325 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 326 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 941 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** South motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 846 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-227. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** State Government first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 15, 2021 at 1:43 p.m. on April 15, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a1b340-2d22-43dc-a1db-b249cc3b4a61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).