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Senate committee clears technical fix requiring written NIL deals for college athletes
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced SB 482, a limited technical change to state code that specifies name-image-license agreements for college athletes must be in writing; sponsor said the change clarifies an existing law and drew no opposition in committee.
Sen. Ellie Baldwin, R-Missoula, told the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee she filed SB 482 to clarify an existing provision in Montana law requiring name-image-license agreements for college student-athletes to be in writing. Baldwin said the bill is a narrow, technical fix intended to remove uncertainty about contract form and does not change the underlying policy.
Baldwin said the same requirement had been before the committee earlier this session and that this bill simply reiterates the written-contract requirement in statute. There were no proponents or opponents in the room or online, and committee members asked no substantive questions during the brief hearing.
The committee closed the hearing without amendments and later moved SB 482 forward in executive action. The sponsor characterized the proposal as a straightforward clarification that will make enforcement and administration of student-athlete commercial contracts simpler for colleges and student-athletes alike.
The committee recorded no informational testimony, and the hearing finished with no recorded objections from members during the initial testimony period.
