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2022 SESSION

22106407D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1298
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws
on February 10, 2022)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Price)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-5.2, relating to high school student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-5.2 as follows:

§ 22.1-5.2. Athletics; high school student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness.

No high school student-athlete who participates in an athletic competition shall enter into any contract to receive compensation in exchange for the use of such student's name, image, or likeness.