Passed by the Senate January 31, 2024 Yeas 47 Nays 1
President of the Senate Passed by the House February 27, 2024 Yeas 92 Nays 2
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5913 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5913
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
BySenators Valdez, MacEwen, Hunt, and Nobles
Prefiled 12/28/23.Read first time 01/08/24.Referred to Committee on State Government & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to communication between employees of state institutions of higher education and student athletes regarding name, image, and likeness use; and adding a new section to chapter
42.52 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
42.52 RCW to read as follows:
This chapter does not prohibit the use of public resources, including but not limited to the use of personnel, money, and property, by an employee of a state institution of higher education to benefit any student athlete in the advising, facilitation, acknowledgment, or education related to a matter involving the name image and likeness of such a student athlete or group of student athletes, or in relation to student athlete name image and likeness matters generally, so long as such resources are under the control or direction of such an employee. Any use of public resources must adhere to the rules established by the national, nonprofit member organization responsible for oversight of college sports at state institutions of higher education.
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