Bill > B24-0455

Introduced Session

AN ACT 24-455 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend of Part E of Subchapter IV of Chapter 28 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to adopt the provisions of the Revised Uniform Athletes Agents Act, to expand the definition of athlete agent, to provide for reciprocal registration of athlete agents licensed in other states, to enhance the requirements for an athlete agent’s signing of an agency contract to require an athlete agent to notify the educational institution at which a student-athlete is enrolled before contacting a student-athlete, to prohibit an athlete agent from encouraging another individual to take an action on behalf of the agent that the agent is prohibited from taking, to accommodate recent amendments to National Collegiate Athletic Association bylaws that provide more freedom and flexibility to student-athletes considering a professional career, to give a student-athlete a right of action against an athlete agent for conduct in violation of Title I; to adopt the Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Act of 2022 by establishing a legal framework for permitting college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness, to provide parameters on the types of activity the athletes may engage in, and on the compensation the athletes may receive, to establish limitations on institution, conference, and athletic association involvement, to establish a disclosure requirement for college athletes, and to provide for civil remedies and enforcement by the Attorney General; and to add a new Part G to Subchapter IV of Chapter 28 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to provide a mechanism for certifying and regulating name, image, or likeness agents, a mechanism for regulating third parties who provide compensation to college athletes for the use of their name, image, or likeness, a right of action for college athletes if their name, image, and likeness rights are violated, and civil remedies and for enforcement by the Attorney General.

AI Summary

Phil Mendelson (D)*, 

Act A24-0704 Published in DC Register Vol 70 and Page 000174 (on 01/13/2023)

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