STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2380

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2673

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2673 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the right of postsecondary student athletes in intercollegiate athletics to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from a private individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii system.

Your Committee finds that in 2019 the State of California passed legislation and the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced its intent to allow student athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, or likeness. However, recognizing that there remains considerable development of how the legislation and National Collegiate Athletic Association's intent will be implemented, neither is scheduled to take effect until 2023. This will allow time for more work to be done on this complex issue.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the effective date to July 1, 2023, to synchronize with the efforts of the State of California and the National Collegiate Athletic Association; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2673, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2673, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair