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PR26-0261 • 2025

Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-07-11
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the impact of the resolution on college athletes' earnings from using their NIL.

Emergency Resolution for College Athletes' Names and Images

This emergency resolution allows colleges, sports leagues, or athletic groups to help college athletes choose agents and get paid for using their names and images.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows schools, conferences, or athletic associations to assist college athletes in choosing name, image, or likeness (NIL) agents.
  • Permits these organizations to arrange payments from third parties involved in NIL agreements with college athletes.
  • Removes the ban on institutions providing compensation to athletes for using their names and images.

Who It Names or Affects

  • College athletes who want to use their name, image, or likeness for commercial purposes.
  • Colleges, sports leagues, and athletic associations that work with college athletes.

Terms To Know

Name, Image, or Likeness (NIL)
The use of a person's name, picture, or reputation for commercial purposes.
Emergency Amendment Act
A law passed quickly to address urgent situations without waiting for the usual process.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution only applies in the District of Columbia and does not affect other states or regions.
  • The exact impact on college athletes' earnings from using their NIL is unclear until more details are provided by schools, conferences, or athletic associations.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0154, Effective from Jul 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 007711

  2. 2025-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0154

  5. 2025-06-30 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0261 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-154

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

July 1, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend section 215 of the Uniform College Athlete, Name, Image, or Likeness Act of
2022 to permit an institution, conference, or athletic association to assist a college athlete
in selecting, arranging for, or providing payment to, a name, image, or likeness agent and
in selecting, arranging for, or collecting payment from, a third party engaged in specific
name, image, or likeness agreements with college athletes, and to remove the prohibition
against institutions or conferences providing compensation to a college athlete for the use
of the athlete’s name, image, or likeness; and to amend section 5710 of Title 3 of the
District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to delay applicability of expanded financial
disclosure requirements for certain boards and commissions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) On May 6, 2025, the Council adopted the Uniform College Athlete Name,
Image, or Likeness Emergency Amendment Act of 2025, effective May 19, 2025 (D.C. Act 26-
69; 72 DCR 6112), which will expire on August 17, 2025.
(b) On June 3, 2025, the Council adopted the Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or
Likeness Temporary Amendment Act of 2025, enacted on June 25, 2025 (D.C. Act 26-93; 72
DCR 7559) (“temporary act”), which has not completed congressional review.
(c) Identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between the
expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Uniform College Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Congressional Review Emergency
Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.