BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2079| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2079 Author: Torlakson (D) and Davis (D) Amended: 8/710 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-2, 6/30/10 AYES: Romero, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Simitian NOES: Huff, Price NO VOTE RECORDED: Liu, Wyland SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-5, 8/12/10 AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Wolk, Yee NOES: Ashburn, Emmerson, Price, Walters, Wyland ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 58-17, 6/02/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Student athletes: recruiting SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requires California postsecondary educational institution that offers athletic scholarships to provide information as specified, on its Internet Web site. ANALYSIS : Existing law prohibits any person from giving, offering, promising, or attempting to give any money or any other thing of value to any particular student athlete or member of the immediate family of the student athlete for purposes of inducing or encouraging the student athlete's CONTINUED AB 2079 Page 2 application, enrollment, or attendance at a public or private institution of postsecondary education in order to have the athlete participate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions, or programs at that institution, except in accordance with the bylaws of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as specified. This bill requires California postsecondary educational institution that offers athletic scholarships to provide information as specified, on its Internet Web site. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 8/17/10) (unable to reverify) California Labor Federation Charter Oak High School Consumer Attorneys of California National College Players Association United Steelworkers, District 12 and Local #1304 OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/17/10) (unable to reverify) California State University University of California University of San Diego University of Southern California ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Niello, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez NOES: Adams, Anderson, Buchanan, Cook, DeVore, Fletcher, Gaines, Garrick, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nestande, Nielsen, Smyth AB 2079 Page 3 NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Lieu, Audra Strickland, Tran, Vacancy PQ:do 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****