Prohibits student-athletes from entering into contracts providing compensation for the use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness for the endorsement of tobacco, alcohol, illegal substances or activities, banned athletic substances, or any form of gambling or gaming, including sports wagering.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
September 16, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Solages) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student-athlete
contracts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6438-c of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
3 (e) A student-athlete shall not enter into a contract providing
4 compensation for the use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness for
5 the endorsement of tobacco, alcohol, illegal substances or activities,
6 banned athletic substances, or any form of gambling or gaming, including
7 sports wagering.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
9 contracts entered into by any student-athlete on and after such effec-
10 tive date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16143-01-6
