republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-661.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Athlete Bill of Rights."
description: "Existing law establishes a system of postsecondary education in this state, including the University of California, the California State University, private postsecondary educational institutions, and independent institutions of higher education, as 4 segments of that system. Existing law, known as the Student Athlete Bill of Rights, provides for certain benefits for student athletes, including the protection of athletic scholarships, and exempts an institution that maintains an intercollegiate athletic program and receives, as an average, less than $10,000,000 in annual income derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics from being subject to these requirements. Existing law requires an institution that is required to grant these benefits to student athletes to rely exclusively on revenue derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics to defray any costs accrued from granting these benefits to student athletes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 661"
citation: "California SB 661 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student Athlete Bill of Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69dff9a0-ffd3-440a-886c-d8babc226cc0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661"
source_hash: "7f7be2dd294c5337e4c4f867ade4d6b3e55a29fdffbeabc38635458f8cf23d9e"
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-ca"]
---

# California SB 661 (20232024) — Student Athlete Bill of Rights.

Existing law establishes a system of postsecondary education in this state, including the University of California, the California State University, private postsecondary educational institutions, and independent institutions of higher education, as 4 segments of that system. Existing law, known as the Student Athlete Bill of Rights, provides for certain benefits for student athletes, including the protection of athletic scholarships, and exempts an institution that maintains an intercollegiate athletic program and receives, as an average, less than $10,000,000 in annual income derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics from being subject to these requirements. Existing law requires an institution that is required to grant these benefits to student athletes to rely exclusively on revenue derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics to defray any costs accrued from granting these benefits to student athletes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661&version=20230SB66199INT)
2. **04/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661&version=20230SB66198AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661&version=20230SB66197AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661&version=20230SB66195CHP)
5. **SB661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661)
6. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB661&version=20230SB66196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB661 Bradford Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 661 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Valencia — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 790.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1259.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3462.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2814.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 625, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69dff9a0-ffd3-440a-886c-d8babc226cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).