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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation And Representation Of Student Athletes"
description: "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:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-123"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-123 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jeff Bridges", "Leslie Herod", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee04364c-ec96-47dc-943b-829bab3907db"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-123"
source_hash: "51c1742b3253bfe0219b1e07358becc32fde73e2112db2a70876c6db33ed1f0c"
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-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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb123_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_123_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_123_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee04364c-ec96-47dc-943b-829bab3907db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).