BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2079
Author: Torlakson (D) and Davis (D)
Amended: 8/20/10 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: scholarships
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires California postsecondary
educational institution that offers athletic scholarships
to provide information as specified, on its Internet Web
site.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/10 link information about
the athletic program of a postsecondary educational
institution with information about athletic scholarships,
and change the operative date of this bill from July 1,
2011, to January 1, 2012.
CONTINUED
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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
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, beginning January 1, 2012, any
postsecondary educational institution that provides to a
student athlete written material regarding their athletic
program to include a link to the institution's Web site
containing the information about athletic scholarships.
This bill also changes the operative date from July 1,
2011, to January 1, 2012.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/23/10)
California Labor Federation
California State Student Association
Charter Oak High School
Consumer Attorneys of California
National College Players Association
United Steelworkers, District 12 and Local #1304
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/23/10)
(According to the author's office recent amendments may
have removed opposition)
California State University
University of California
University of San Diego
University of Southern California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
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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
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Lieu, Audra Strickland,
Tran, Vacancy
PQ:do 8/23/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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