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| Bill | High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness. | Student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness;high school students; Office of the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman established. Establishes rights, duties, and prohibitions relating to the use of the name, image,or likeness of high school student-athletes that are equivalent tothose established in law for college student-athletes. The bill alsorequires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establishand employ such individuals as it deems appropriate in the Officeof the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman,the purpose of which is to provide information, resources, and disputeresolution services to high school and college student-athletes relatingto name, image, and likeness contracts and the rights, duties, andprohibitions relating to the use of the name, image, or likenessof such student-athletes that are set forth in relevant law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 617 | Virginia HB 617 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 617 (2024) — High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness.
Student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness;high school students; Office of the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman established. Establishes rights, duties, and prohibitions relating to the use of the name, image,or likeness of high school student-athletes that are equivalent tothose established in law for college student-athletes. The bill alsorequires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establishand employ such individuals as it deems appropriate in the Officeof the Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Contract Ombudsman,the purpose of which is to provide information, resources, and disputeresolution services to high school and college student-athletes relatingto name, image, and likeness contracts and the rights, duties, andprohibitions relating to the use of the name, image, or likenessof such student-athletes that are set forth in relevant law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0694 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106464D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106900D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB617ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103367D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — 65–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103367D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-01-25 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB617)
- 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
substitution - 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106464D-H1
substitution - 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24106900D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee on Education substitute rejected 24106464D-H1
- 2024-02-12 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106900D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB617H2
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
passage - 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB617H2)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB617ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB617ER)
- 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e15b6dd2-445e-4961-8ff2-0ce81c84dde0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).