---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to name, image, and likeness activities of intercollegiate student-athletes and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 154.50-323 to include gender-neutral language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Kentucky SB 285 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Property", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Wise"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a650f0af-746f-46a3-800f-ad8e6c653f17"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb285.html"
source_hash: "652baeb46bfbe7503c39c3f33320ab2537d821a2b71da189b7e3bbf1df995b7b"
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-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 285 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to name, image, and likeness activities of intercollegiate student-athletes and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.50-323 to include gender-neutral language.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb285/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0194.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb285/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 285 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Wise — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 194) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a650f0af-746f-46a3-800f-ad8e6c653f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).