HR 15 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ATHLETICS: Creates a task force to study issues relative to the name, image, and likeness of student athletes in Louisiana

HR 15 creates a task force to study name, image, and likeness (NIL) issues affecting student athletes in Louisiana. The task force will include three members appointed by the governor, two representatives from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA), and one representative from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. This bill establishes a research committee to examine NIL concerns but does not implement any new policies or regulations. The task force composition was adjusted through amendments during committee review.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 14, 2025 Last action May 28, 2025

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What changed between versions

HR15 Enrolled → HR15 Original · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was significantly rewritten from an 'Enrolled' version to an 'Original' version, likely to align it with the House's specific procedural requirements and to simplify the task force's composition. The changes replace a complex mix of appointed officials with a streamlined list of university athletics directors and student athletes, and they shift the deadline for submitting the final report from a specific date in 2026 to a relative timeframe (60 days before the 2026 session).

Scope change

The scope of the task force's membership was narrowed and restructured. The original version included the Governor, Attorney General, and private sector representatives, while the new version focuses specifically on directors of athletics from major Louisiana universities and student athletes.

REQUIREMENT

Task force membership was changed from a mix of Governor-appointed members, the Attorney General, and private sector representatives to a list of specific university athletics directors and student athletes.

The requirement for appointing authorities to submit names by June 1, 2025, was removed, and the process for selecting student athletes was updated to allow the task force chairman to choose them after the first meeting.

Specific mandates for the Governor, Attorney General, and private sector members to serve on the task force were removed.

A new provision was added requiring task force members to elect a chairman and other officers from among themselves at the first meeting.

TIMELINE

The deadline for submitting the final report was changed from a fixed date (January 23, 2026) to a relative deadline (60 days prior to the start of the 2026 Regular Session).

Floor votes · House May 22, 2025

How they voted

80–0

Passed · 22 other

Total votes 102

May 22, 2025

D Democratic31

21 Yea 10

67% Yea

R Republican71

59 Yea 12

83% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 83, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

May 8, 2025

Committee

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

lower

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (10-0).

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor