District of ColumbiaTemporary D.C. law let colleges help athletes with name and image deals
For up to 90 days after approval in July 2025, D.C. colleges and sports groups could help athletes handle agents and payments in deals using their names or images.
What it does
While this 2025 emergency act was in force, colleges, sports conferences, and athletic associations could help college athletes choose and pay agents or collect money from outside parties in specific deals.
The act did not bar colleges and sports conferences from paying college athletes to use their names, images, or recognizable appearances while the temporary law applied.
The act said expanded financial disclosures for certain D.C. board and commission members would not apply before January 1, 2026, although the emergency act lasted no more than 90 days.
Argument forCollege athletes could get help finding agents and collecting deal payments, which might make those agreements easier to manage.
Argument againstThe disclosure delay might have left residents with less financial information about some D.C. board and commission members while the act applied.
More detail
Colleges, sports conferences, and athletic associations could help athletes choose agents and handle deal payments. It covered college athletes making specific deals for others to use their names, images, or recognizable appearances. The help included arranging or paying an agent and arranging or collecting payment from an outside party. This provision applied after mayoral approval on July 21, 2025, for no more than 90 days.
The act did not bar colleges and sports conferences from paying athletes for use of their names, images, or recognizable appearances. It concerned college athletes and payments by colleges or sports conferences; this payment provision did not name athletic associations. This provision applied after mayoral approval on July 21, 2025, for no more than 90 days.
The act said the expanded financial disclosure rules would not apply before January 1, 2026. The disclosure rules concerned certain D.C. board and commission members. The emergency act itself lasted no more than 90 days. The January 1, 2026 date applied to the disclosure rules; the emergency act took effect after mayoral approval on July 21, 2025.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jul 25Act A26-0120 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 008181, Expires on Oct 19, 2025Latest
- Jul 22Returned from Mayor
- Jul 21Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0120, Expires on Oct 19, 2025Became Law
- Jul 10Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Jul 24, 2025To Governor
- Jul 1Final ReadingMinor
- Vote recorded Final Reading. Result: pass.Legislature
- Jul 1Retained by the Council
- Jun 30B26-0306 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the SecretaryIntroduced
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