Texas SB655 prohibits agreements involving student athletes' names, images, and likenesses, voiding such agreements and imposing penalties.

Texas SB655 amends the Occupations Code to establish Chapter 2053, prohibiting certain agreements with student athletes. Specifically, it bans agreements where a person pays a student athlete, gains exclusive rights to negotiate their name, image, or likeness, or receives a percentage of earnings from these uses. Such agreements are void and unenforceable. The attorney general can seek civil penalties up to $100,000 per violation, injunctive relief, and recover legal fees. The act applies to agreements made after its effective date of September 1, 2025.

Texas SB655 prohibits agreements involving student athletes' names, images, and likenesses, voiding such agreements and imposing penalties.

Texas SB655 amends the Occupations Code to establish Chapter 2053, prohibiting certain agreements with student athletes. Specifically, it bans agreements where a person pays a student athlete, gains exclusive rights to negotiate their name, image, or likeness, or receives a percentage of earnings from these uses. Such agreements are void and unenforceable. The attorney general can seek civil penalties up to $100,000 per violation, injunctive relief, and recover legal fees. The act applies to agreements made after its effective date of September 1, 2025.