republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-5.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits students participating in intercollegiate sports to earn compensation for use of name, image or likeness and to retain professional representation or athlete agent. Prohibits student from entering contract for use of name, image or likeness that conflicts with team rules or contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party, except that team rules and contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party may not prevent student from earning compensation for use of name, image or likeness when not engaged in official team activities <i>or from use of social media when engaged in official team activities</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Oregon SB 5 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Peter Courtney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-24T17:56:14+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e90b5631-24ae-4837-9376-ac646ef3ecbc"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5"
source_hash: "6e0ec6cd0565434160f9ff55f972f8be74760aef643f81f05924c46313b12297"
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-or"]
---

# Oregon SB 5 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency.

Permits students participating in intercollegiate sports to earn compensation for use of name, image or likeness and to retain professional representation or athlete agent. Prohibits student from entering contract for use of name, image or likeness that conflicts with team rules or contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party, except that team rules and contract between post-secondary institution of education and third party may not prevent student from earning compensation for use of name, image or likeness when not engaged in official team activities <i>or from use of social media when engaged in official team activities</i>].

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21111)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr, President Courtney. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-24T17:56:14+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T21:53:05+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T19:25:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T18:34:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr, President Courtney. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:35:52+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-07T19:05:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T21:36:18+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T22:26:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T22:50:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T21:09:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T23:32:06+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-29T17:19:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00** Chapter 422, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00** Effective date, June 29, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e90b5631-24ae-4837-9376-ac646ef3ecbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).