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MississippiSB 25172025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

"MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Agent Act"; bring forward.

Sponsored By: Nicole Boyd (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Universities and CollegesAccountability, Efficiency, Transparency

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.

College athletes can earn sports revenue

Beginning July 1, 2025, Mississippi colleges can share sports revenue or pay athletes for commercial use of their name, image, or likeness. Covered revenue includes tickets, media rights, college sports distributions, licensing, sponsorships, and football bowl games. The law sets no required payment or revenue share. Colleges can help athletes find and negotiate outside deals without charging athletes for that help. They cannot steer athletes’ choice of professional representation or block competing offers in bad faith.

Improper athlete recruiting brings triple damages

People, groups, and colleges cannot give or promise athlete compensation to recruit a protected athlete away from a Mississippi college. This protects athletes enrolled there or holding a written enrollment or athletics financial aid agreement. The restriction ends after the athlete gives transfer notice under national association or conference rules. Violators owe the college three times the amount given or promised. The college can sue in its local Mississippi state court; violators accept that court’s authority and waive applicable immunity.

Colleges cannot use general funds for athletes

Mississippi colleges cannot use State General Fund appropriations for athlete revenue sharing or payments for publicity rights. The restriction does not ban payments from other funding sources or require athletes to pay anything.

Athlete deals can end with participation

Athletes or other parties can end covered outside publicity deals when the athlete’s participation in that sport at the college ends. This covers deals made after signing an athletics financial aid agreement or giving transfer notice. It also covers deals made while competing at the college. Athletes can leave these agreements, but the other party can also end the deal and its payments.

Athlete deals face disclosure, keep privacy

Mississippi colleges can require athletes to disclose outside publicity deals or their terms before signing and before receiving payment. This applies to enrolled athletes and those who signed an athletics financial aid agreement. Covered agreements, proposed agreements, and records describing their terms are exempt from the state public-records law. However, the law removes an express protection against forced disclosure to national athletics groups. That removal does not itself require disclosure.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Nicole Boyd

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 311 • No: 16

House vote • 4/1/2025

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 101 • No: 11

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Conference Report Adopted

Yes: 48 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/10/2025

Passed As Amended

Yes: 111 • No: 5

Senate vote • 2/11/2025

Passed

Yes: 51 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor

    4/23/2025legislature

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/7/2025House

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

    4/7/2025Senate

  4. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

    4/2/2025House

  5. Conference Report Adopted

    4/1/2025Senate

  6. Motion to Reconsider Entered (Scoggin, Holloway (76th))

    4/1/2025House

  7. Conference Report Adopted

    4/1/2025House

  8. Conference Report Filed

    3/28/2025Senate

  9. Conference Report Filed

    3/28/2025House

  10. Conferees Named Scoggin,Bounds,Ford (54th)

    3/18/2025House

  11. Conferees Named Boyd,Williams,McCaughn

    3/17/2025Senate

  12. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

    3/12/2025Senate

  13. Returned For Concurrence

    3/11/2025House

  14. Passed As Amended

    3/10/2025House

  15. Amended

    3/10/2025House

  16. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

    3/4/2025House

  17. DR - TSDPAA: AC To UC

    3/4/2025House

  18. DR - TSDPAA: UC To AC

    2/27/2025House

  19. Referred To Universities and Colleges;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

    2/14/2025House

  20. Transmitted To House

    2/12/2025Senate

  21. Passed

    2/11/2025Senate

  22. Title Suff Do Pass

    1/30/2025Senate

  23. Referred To Universities and Colleges

    1/20/2025Senate

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