---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Athlete Name Image or Likeness"
description: "Under current law, there are requirements of an athletic association, an institution of higher education, and a student athlete regarding a student athlete's compensation for their name, image, or likeness. The act extends these requirements to an individual who is eligible to engage in an intercollegiate sport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1041"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1041 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Judy Amabile", "Lesley Smith"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5fa3306-7dad-4094-aa47-d78dd140942c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1041"
source_hash: "90df4f4dfd3ce5122678d2f0ecf0ddcfd560e124a56ec0b5b9b90e5355bbfabd"
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-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 25-1041 (2025A) — Student Athlete Name Image or Likeness

Under current law, there are requirements of an athletic association, an institution of higher education, and a student athlete regarding a student athlete's compensation for their name, image, or likeness. The act extends these requirements to an individual who is eligible to engage in an intercollegiate sport.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1041_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1041_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1041_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Lesley Smith — primary (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5fa3306-7dad-4094-aa47-d78dd140942c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).