---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the \"New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act\""
description: "Relates to enacting the \"New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act\"; allows student-athletes to receive compensation including for the use of a student's name, image, or likeness; allows student-athletes to seek professional representation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5891"
citation: "New York S 5891 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2022-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34b1720f-5a09-4f5e-9bb2-b5f911ad04b7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5891"
source_hash: "4cc415b3bf44b5552a049a2d7da3d697bae08ceee8b0b397cf366547f722c86b"
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-ny"]
---

# New York S 5891 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act"

Relates to enacting the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act"; allows student-athletes to receive compensation including for the use of a student's name, image, or likeness; allows student-athletes to seek professional representation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5891&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5891A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891A)
3. **S5891B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891B)
4. **S5891C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891C)
5. **S5891D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891D)
6. **S5891E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891E)
7. **S5891F** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5891F)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **52–11** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote - Version: D — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: F — **52–11** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: C — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** PRINT NUMBER 5891A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 5891B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 5891C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1694
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** PRINT NUMBER 5891D `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.881
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5891E `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5891F `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5115E
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.400
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34b1720f-5a09-4f5e-9bb2-b5f911ad04b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).