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Senate approves student-athlete employment bill with emergency clause
Summary
The Arizona Senate passed Senate Bill 16 15 to adjust rules on student-athlete employment and included an emergency clause to make the law effective immediately; the measure passed 22-0 with eight not voting.
The Arizona Senate on May 1 approved Senate Bill 16 15, a measure updating student-athlete employment provisions and carrying an emergency clause, by a roll-call vote of 22 ayes, 0 nays and 8 not voting.
Sponsor materials presented to the Senate said the emergency clause was requested to accommodate recruiting windows and let universities apply the change to athletes participating in name, image and likeness arrangements in a timely way. Because the measure carries an emergency clause, it required a two-thirds vote for final passage.
Senators completed the bill’s third and final reading on the floor, and the secretary was instructed to record the action and transmit the bill to the governor.
No amendments or changes to the text were discussed on the floor during the final reading. The Senate record shows the vote tally as 22 ayes, 0 nays, 8 not voting; the presiding officer directed that the bill be transmitted to the governor.
