SB 293 — Revises provisions relating to intercollegiate athletics. (BDR 34-1088)
Last action — Chapter 297.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 06, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 05, 2025.
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1 sponsor
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 14, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
293293–Senator SLange ENATECHAPTER.......... B ILL NO .
293–SENATOR LANGE M ARCH 6, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to intercollegiate athletics.
(BDR 34-1088) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
revising provisions relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their name, image or likeness;
or (3) altering, withholding or otherwise reducing the amount of a scholarship awarded to a student athlete because the student athlete is compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete by an organization other than the institution or a national collegiate athletic association.
Existing law authorizes a student athlete to enter into a contract with an organization other than an institution or a national collegiate athletic association that provides for the student athlete to be compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete.
(NRS 398.310) Section 2 of this bill authorizes a student athlete to enter into such a contract with an institution or a national collegiate athletic association.
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SectionsEXPLANATION 2– andMatter 2.5in ofbolded thisitalics billis providenew; that such contracts entered into not public records.e and materials relating to such contracts are confidential and are THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
(b)- Except83rd asSession otherwise(2025) provided– by2 subsection– 2, prevent a student athlete from being compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete;
(a) Adopt a policy that imposes reasonable restrictions on a student athlete entering into a contract pursuant to NRS 398.310 that provides for the student athlete to be compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete with an organizationorganizationhe or person whose goods, services or mission are contrary to the mission of the institution;
(a) Prevent a student athlete enrolled at an institution from participating in intercollegiate sports solely because the student athlete is compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of - *SB293_R1* – 3 – the student athlete by an organization , [other than] the institution or the national collegiate athletic association;
(b) Prevent an institution from being a member of or participating in the activities of the national collegiate athletic association solely because a student athlete who is enrolled at the institution is compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete by an organization , [other than] the institution or the national collegiate athletic association;
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As used in this section, “professional services” includes, without limitation, representation regarding contracts or other legal matters, including, without limitation, representation provided by an attorney or an athlete agent registered pursuant to chapter 398A of NRS.NRSSec.
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(b) A contract disclosed by a student athlete to an institution pursuant to subsection 2;
andandy a student athlete to an institution (c) Any communications and materials relating to a contract:
and - *SB293_R1* – 4 – (2) Disclosed by a student athlete to an institution pursuant to subsection 2.
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Any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money received by a university foundation which is specifically designated for supporting any aspect of the name, image or likeness of a student athlete must only be used for the purpose specified by the donor, within the scope of the powers and duties of the university foundation.
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As used in this section, “university foundation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 396.405.
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Any such copies, abstracts or memoranda may be used to supply the general public with copies, abstracts or memoranda of the records or may be used in any other way to the advantage of the governmental entity or of the general public.
(1)(2) WasIs not createdavailable or prepared in an electronic format;
andor (2) Is not available in an electronic format;
orand - *SB293_R1* – 7 – (b) Providing the public record in an electronic format or by means of an electronic medium would:
or (2) Require the production of information that is confidential and that cannot be redacted, deleted, concealed or separated from information that is not otherwise confidential.
or separated from 5.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require - 83rd Session (2025) – 7 – the person who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself or herself.
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Amendments
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Action History
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Chapter 297.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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Assembly Amendment No. 613 concurred in. To enrollment.
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From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
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Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 613.) To printer.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 178.) To printer.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.
Sponsors
- Roberta Lange · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on · 6 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Lange, Roberta Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (66)
66 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 66 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democratic | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (42)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| OâNeill, PK | — | Yea |
| Anderson, Natha C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Backus, Shea M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Brown-May, Tracy | Democratic | Yea |
| Carter, Max E., II | Democratic | Yea |
| Considine, Venicia | Democratic | Yea |
| D'Silva, Reuben | Democratic | Yea |
| Dalia, Joe | Democratic | Yea |
| Flanagan, Tanya P. | Democratic | Yea |
| González, Cecelia | Democratic | Yea |
| Goulding, Heather | Democratic | Yea |
| Hunt, Linda F. | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Jovan A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Jauregui, Sandra | Democratic | Yea |
| Karris, Venise | Democratic | Yea |
| La Rue Hatch, Selena | Democratic | Yea |
| Marzola, Elaine H. | Democratic | Yea |
| Miller, Brittney M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Monroe-Moreno, Daniele | Democratic | Yea |
| Moore, Cinthia Zermeño | Democratic | Yea |
| Mosca, Erica | Democratic | Yea |
| Nadeem, Hanadi | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Duy | Democratic | Yea |
| Orentlicher, David | Democratic | Yea |
| Roth, Erica P. | Democratic | Yea |
| Torres-Fossett, Selena | Democratic | Yea |
| Watts, Howard | Democratic | Yea |
| Yeager, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Cole, Lisa K. | Republican | Yea |
| DeLong, Rich | Republican | Yea |
| Dickman, Jill | Republican | Yea |
| Edgeworth, Rebecca | Republican | Yea |
| Gallant, Danielle | Republican | Yea |
| Gray, Ken | Republican | Yea |
| Gurr, Bert K. | Republican | Yea |
| Hafen, Gregory T., II | Republican | Yea |
| Hansen, Alexis M. | Republican | Yea |
| Hardy, Melissa R.. | Republican | Yea |
| Hibbetts, Brian | Republican | Yea |
| Kasama, Heidi | Republican | Yea |
| Koenig, Gregory S. | Republican | Yea |
| Yurek, Toby | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (21)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cannizzaro, Nicole J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" | Democratic | Yea |
| Daly, Skip | Democratic | Yea |
| Dondero Loop, Marilyn | Democratic | Yea |
| Doñate, Fabian | Democratic | Yea |
| Flores, Edgar | Democratic | Yea |
| Lange, Roberta | Democratic | Yea |
| Neal, Dina | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Rochelle T. | Democratic | Yea |
| Ohrenschall, James | Democratic | Yea |
| Pazina, Julie | Democratic | Yea |
| Scheible, Melanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Taylor, Angela D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Buck, Carrie Ann | Republican | Yea |
| Ellison, John | Republican | Nay |
| Hansen, Ira | Republican | Nay |
| Krasner, Lisa | Republican | Nay |
| Rogich, Lori | Republican | Yea |
| Steinbeck, John C. | Republican | Nay |
| Stone, Jeff | Republican | Nay |
| Titus, Robin L. | Republican | Nay |
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- SB 293 is sponsored by Lange, Roberta (Democratic).
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