---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc."
description: "Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete or a student-athlete with compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning such compensation, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iv) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (v) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of \"athlete agent\" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 507"
citation: "Virginia HB 507 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccc439a-1b76-4446-9658-3b9e8c5a47bc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB507"
source_hash: "9c4d018461bccd4bbb1cb3d293c9fbd175a33a763d6afee1447247c44b21e486"
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 507 (2022) — Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation and representation for name, image, etc.

Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness. Establishes several parameters for the compensation and representation of a student-athlete related to the use of such student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any private institution of higher education, associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or baccalaureate public institution of higher education or any agent thereof; athletic association; athletic conference; or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing a prospective student-athlete or a student-athlete with compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from earning such compensation, except in certain circumstances enumerated in the bill; (iii) prohibiting or preventing a student-athlete from obtaining professional representation by a licensed athlete agent or legal representation by a licensed attorney in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness; (iv) declaring a student-athlete ineligible for intercollegiate athletic competition because he earns such compensation or obtains such representation; or (v) reducing, canceling, revoking, or not renewing an athletic scholarship because a student-athlete earns such compensation or obtains such representation. The bill establishes several other conditions and limitations relating to pre-agreement disclosures, the use of the institution's property, and the effect on employment status in connection with a student-athlete's use of his name, image, or likeness. The bill also amends the definition of "athlete agent" in relevant law to permit such agents to represent a student-athlete in connection with issues related to name, image, or likeness, including negotiating, securing, obtaining, arranging, and managing name, image, or likeness opportunities.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0510)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107200D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB507S1)
3. **HB507ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB507ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104070D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB507)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104070D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB507)
- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107200D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22107200D-S1
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB507S1
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107200D-S1 (94-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB507ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ccc439a-1b76-4446-9658-3b9e8c5a47bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).