republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-123.md

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Bill	Compensation And Representation Of Student Athletes	The act states that, effective January 1, 2023, except as may be required by an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics (association), including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, an institution of higher education (institution) shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of the institution from earning compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness (compensation). A student athlete's earning of compensation may not affect the student's scholarship eligibility. An association shall neither prevent a student athlete from earning compensation nor prevent an institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics because a student athlete receives compensation. Neither an institution nor an association shall:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	SB 20-123	Colorado SB 20-123 (2020A)	bill		enacted	James Coleman Jeff Bridges Leslie Herod Rhonda Fields	10	13	4	2020-01-24T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ee04364c-ec96-47dc-943b-829bab3907db	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-123	51c1742b3253bfe0219b1e07358becc32fde73e2112db2a70876c6db33ed1f0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20-123 (2020A) — Compensation And Representation Of Student Athletes

The act states that, effective January 1, 2023, except as may be required by an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics (association), including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, an institution of higher education (institution) shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of the institution from earning compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness (compensation). A student athlete's earning of compensation may not affect the student's scholarship eligibility. An association shall neither prevent a student athlete from earning compensation nor prevent an institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics because a student athlete receives compensation. Neither an institution nor an association shall:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/24/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/07/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (02/28/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/04/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/03/2020) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (03/20/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 55–9 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James Coleman — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee04364c-ec96-47dc-943b-829bab3907db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).