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HB335 • 2026

CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

Education
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Dayan Hochman-Vigil
Last action
Official status
[5] not prntd-HRC [12] w/drn-prntd-ref- HEC/HJC-HEC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

What This Bill Does

  • CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 New Mexico Legislature

    Withdrawn from committee or daily calendar, ordered printed and referred to

  2. 2026-02-17 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HEC - Referrals: HEC/HJC

  3. 2026-02-04 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  4. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT ATHLETE NIL INFO

Current Bill Text

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HB0335

HOUSE BILL 335

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Dayan Hochman-Vigil

AN ACT

RELATING TO STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION; PROVIDING THAT ALL
DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS RELATED TO STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION
FOR THE USE OF A STUDENT ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS OR
ATHLETIC REPUTATION ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC
INSPECTION EXCEPT WHEN REQUIRED FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
Section 21-31-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021,
Chapter 124, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

"21-31-3. STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION.--

A. A post-secondary educational institution shall
not:

(1) uphold any rule, requirement, standard or
other limitation that prevents a student athlete of that
institution from fully participating in athletics without
penalty:

(a) for receiving food, shelter, medical
expenses or insurance from a third party; or

(b) for earning compensation from a
third party as a result of the use of the student athlete's
name, image, likeness or athletic reputation; [
or
]

(2) prevent a student athlete from receiving
third-party compensation for using the student athlete's name,
image, likeness or athletic reputation when the student athlete
is not engaged in official, mandatory team activities;
or

(3) disclose or make available for inspection,
examination or reproduction any document or record related to
student athlete compensation for the use of a student athlete's
or prospective student athlete's name, image, likeness or
athletic reputation except to the extent such disclosure is
required by court order or for compliance with applicable
athletic association or conference rules
.

B. Earning compensation from the use of a student
athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation shall
not affect a student athlete's grant-in-aid or stipend
eligibility, amount, duration or renewal. For the purposes of
this section, a grant-in-aid or stipend shall not be revoked or
reduced as a result of a student athlete earning compensation
pursuant to this section.

C. A third party shall not offer a student athlete
a contract to provide compensation to the student athlete for
use of the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic
reputation that requires a student athlete to advertise for the
sponsor in person during official, mandatory team activities
without the approval of the student athlete's post-secondary
educational institution."

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