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LouisianaSB 3892026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides for agents and athletes. (gov sig) (EN +$62,400 GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Patrick Connick (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

11 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 6 mixed.

Harmed athletes can recover damages and fees

Athletes can sue agents whose violations cause lost eligibility, suspension, disqualification, or financial or reputational harm. Courts may award actual damages, court costs, and reasonable lawyer fees. An agent found liable must give up compensation and refund payments received. Chapter violations also count as unfair or deceptive practices, opening additional private lawsuits and attorney general enforcement. These consumer-protection remedies can be added to other available remedies and penalties.

Athlete agents face fines and registration loss

The state must deny registration or renewal, or suspend or revoke registration, for specified crimes or materially false agent statements. It may also deny registration for missing information or fees, and discipline agents for rule violations or conduct showing unfitness. An administrative law judge can impose fines up to $100,000 after a voluntary admission or hearing. Collected fines go to the Department of Justice Legal Support Fund. Anyone knowingly or intentionally making false sworn applications, complaints, or testimony about covered activities faces criminal penalties upon conviction. Penalties are up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both.

Athletes get endorsement disclosures and safeguards

Athletes and agents must sign a written disclosure before or when endorsement representation starts. It lists registrations, fees, other compensation, paid third parties, reimbursable expenses, services, duration, and the signing date. Both must keep it and provide it when requested or subpoenaed; agents without the disclosure lose their right to endorsement compensation. Athletes and agents must follow applicable state name, image, and likeness rules, including required reports to schools. Agents must ensure required school reporting and cannot handle deals they know, or should know, would end an athlete’s eligibility.

Agent contacts require advance school notice

For professional-representation contracts, agents must notify the athletic director and head coach seven days before contacting an athlete. Required notice comes before agent contact, even when the athlete starts the conversation. After signing, written notice is due before the athlete next participates in school athletics and no later than 72 hours. These notice rules do not apply to endorsement contracts. An agent contract is void and unenforceable when the agent fails to meet required notice or disclosure rules.

New lawsuits over athletes’ sports penalties

People cannot offer money or other value that causes, or is intended to cause, athlete penalties or lost eligibility. The ban also covers offers causing or intended to cause school investigations, probation, penalties, or other sports sanctions. Athletes and schools each can sue the person for damages, reasonable lawyer fees, and court costs. Schools can also sue athletes, agents, and others connected to rule violations causing lost eligibility or school investigations or sanctions. Claims may include wrongful interference with a contract.

Athlete agents face checks and training

Applicants must apply as individuals, sign under penalty of perjury, and complete training set by the attorney general. They must provide personal, business, social-media, disciplinary, and unpaid-judgment information, plus other information the state requires. Disclosures cover five years of work and athlete clients, 15 years of civil cases, and 10 years of bankruptcies. Applicants must also identify owners with at least 5% equity. Applicants pay for a background check; refusing or failing to cooperate leads to denial. Professional-representation agents need players-association certification; endorsement-only agents do not, but must disclose any certification they hold.

Athlete agents face registration deadlines

Athlete agents generally must register before working in Louisiana; registrations now last two years, with a $100 annual fee. Agents already operating by the law’s effective date must register by August 1, 2026, or stop until registered. When an athlete or their representative initiates contact, an unregistered agent may take limited steps and must apply within seven days. This exception does not allow signing agent or endorsement contracts. Deals made in violation are unenforceable, and agents must return payments received. The state may grant temporary registration while an application or renewal is pending.

Agent protections cover more student athletes

Protections cover eligible and soon-to-be-eligible athletes at Louisiana schools, plus Louisiana residents attending schools elsewhere. Coverage ends after an athlete’s last contest or after giving up eligibility; permanent ineligibility excludes only the affected sport. Paid advisers on endorsement deals, including name, image, and likeness deals, count as athlete agents. People working only for professional teams and some licensed professionals are excluded. The professional exception does not cover recruiting athletes, negotiating professional sports jobs, or charging differently because a client is a student athlete.

Athletes gain limits on gifts and fees

Agents cannot offer gifts or other value to persuade an athlete or another person to enter agent or endorsement contracts. Covered value includes discounts, loans, advances, payments, and other benefits. Agents cannot agree to, charge, or collect unreasonable fees or expenses; the law sets no dollar cap. Agents must explain foreseeable contract effects, including eligibility risks and related name, image, and likeness agreements. They cannot give athletes anything valuable before signing unless the law expressly allows it.

Athlete agents face stronger state oversight

The Justice Department’s Public Protection Division oversees athlete agents and can subpoena relevant records and testimony. Agents must keep copies of agent and endorsement contracts. The Division may maintain an agent database and require annual or requested reports listing prior-year athletes, sports, and last-known schools. For unregistered agents retained by athletes, it may alert local prosecutors and players associations. The law also repeals two prior athlete-agent sections; the supplied text does not explain their contents.

Out-of-state agents get a registration pathway

Agents registered elsewhere can apply using that state’s application, registration certificate, and a signed statement about material changes. Louisiana may approve registration when the other state’s requirements are substantially similar or stricter. The agent cannot have a suspended or revoked registration, or pending agent-related discipline in any jurisdiction. Nonresident agents working in Louisiana must also appoint a registered agent through the secretary of state to receive legal papers.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Patrick Connick

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 270 • No: 0

House vote • 5/31/2026

Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/31/2026

Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/18/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/21/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 895.

    6/9/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 6/9/2026.

    6/9/2026Senate

  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/1/2026House

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

    6/1/2026Senate

  6. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

    5/31/2026Senate

  7. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

    5/31/2026House

  8. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.

    5/31/2026House

  9. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

    5/31/2026Senate

  10. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

    5/29/2026House

  11. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

    5/29/2026House

  12. Conference committee report received.

    5/29/2026Senate

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  14. House conferees appointed: Muscarello, Braud, and Villio.

    5/28/2026House

  15. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

    5/28/2026Senate

  16. Senate conference committee members appointed: Connick, Hensgens, and Luneau.

    5/28/2026Senate

  17. Rules suspended.

    5/27/2026Senate

  18. Reconsidered.

    5/27/2026Senate

  19. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

    5/27/2026House

  20. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/26/2026House

  21. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  23. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/20/2026House

  24. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  25. Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/18/2026House

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