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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.

  1. CHAP0694 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106464D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24106900D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB617ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103367D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 2218 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 64 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 129 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — 6533 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — 105 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 184 (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).