21RS SB 249

Senate Bill 249

Actions

Last Action	02/11/21: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1641
Sponsor	M. McGarvey
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define "athletic authority," "compensation," "image," "intercollegiate athletic program," "likeness," "name," "name, image, and likeness agreement," "publicity rights," "postsecondary educational institution," "social media compensation," "student athlete," and "third-party licensee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish that a student athlete may earn compensation for the use of the student's name, image, and likeness and may obtain a certified agent in coordination with such compensation; establish the limits and terms under which the compensation may be earned; ensure a student athlete shall not be deemed an employee or independent contractor of an institution or authority; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide protections for student athletes and institutions in regards to student athletes earning compensation from permitted name, image, and likeness agreements; establish rights and limitations of an institution or an authority over student athlete compensation; establish limits of name, image, and likeness agreements; provide that nothing in the Act shall be interpreted to modify certain state and federal laws; establish cause of action for violation of the Act; provide it may be cited as the Pay to Portray Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Higher - Student athletes, name, image, and likeness, compensation Effective Dates, Delayed - Intercollegiate student athletes, name, image, and likeness, compensation, July 1, 2023 Universities and Colleges - Student athletes, name, image, and likeness, compensation Athletics - Intercollegiate student athletes, name, image, and likeness, compensation Commerce - Intercollegiate student athletes, name, image, and likeness, compensation Contracts - Intercollegiate student athletes, image, name, and likeness, compensation Short Titles and Popular Names - Pay to Portray Act