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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postsecondary education; student athletes may receive compensation for use of name, image, or likeness; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to postsecondary education, so as to provide that student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at postsecondary educational institutions may receive compensation for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; to provide for application to intercollegiate athletic associations; to allow for professional representation of such student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 617"
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citation: "Georgia HB 617 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Calvin Smyre", "Charles Martin", "Philip Singleton", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/395b0ea3-fbe3-45fa-840d-5ebf58528be3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "64625863abfe01067481ffb89434310af64d5306eafa5e94e8c425260436b1e5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 617 (2021_22) — Postsecondary education; student athletes may receive compensation for use of name, image, or likeness; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to postsecondary education, so as to provide that student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at postsecondary educational institutions may receive compensation for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; to provide for application to intercollegiate athletic associations; to allow for professional representation of such student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 49 0038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202373.pdf)
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2. **HB 617/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202577.pdf)
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3. **LC 49 0458/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198490.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 0503S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199938.pdf)
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5. **LC 49 0503S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199664.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 49 0031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202123.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 49 0036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202189.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 228 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/395b0ea3-fbe3-45fa-840d-5ebf58528be3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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