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SB4668Introduced in the Senate

Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program

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Introduced by Ted Cruz, District TX

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Official description

A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.

Where it stands

Held at the desk.

October 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: On Passage of the Bill S. 4668 RC# 250 · September 28, 2026

77

Yes

22

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

100 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Jim BanksIN-3Yes
Lisa MurkowskiAKYes
Dan SullivanAKAbsent
Tommy TubervilleALYes
Katie Boyd BrittALYes
John BoozmanARYes
Tom CottonARYes
Ruben GallegoAZYes
Mark KellyAZNo
Adam SchiffCANo

Bill history

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  3. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  4. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 449.

  5. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S4449)

  6. Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S4449)

  7. Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 24. Record Vote Number: 235. (CR S4715-4716)

  8. Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.

  9. Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S4743)

  10. Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S4773-4774)

  11. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 22. Record Vote Number: 236. (CR S4773-4774)

  12. Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S4777-4790)

  13. Motion by Senator Thune to recommit to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 6781) made in Senate. (CR S4789)

  14. S.Amdt.6778 Amendment SA 6778 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 6777. To improve the bill.

  15. S.Amdt.6776 Cloture motion on amendment SA 6776 presented in Senate.

  16. S.Amdt.6779 Amendment SA 6779 proposed by Senator Thune to language proposed to be stricken by amendment no. 6776. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4789)

  17. S.Amdt.6777 Amendment SA 6777 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 6776. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4789)

  18. S.Amdt.6781 Amendment SA 6781 proposed by Senator Thune. (consideration: CR S4789) To improve the bill.

  19. S.Amdt.6783 Amendment SA 6783 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 6782. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4789)

  20. S.Amdt.6782 Amendment SA 6782 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 6781 (the instructions of the motion to recommit). To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4789)

  21. S.Amdt.6776 Amendment SA 6776 proposed by Senator Thune for Senator Cruz. (consideration: CR S4789) In the nature of a substitute.

  22. S.Amdt.6780 Amendment SA 6780 proposed by Senator Thune to Amendment SA 6779. To improve the bill.

  23. Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (CR S4789)

  24. Motion by Senator Thune to recommit to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 6781) fell when cloture was invoked on amendment SA 6776 in Senate.

  25. S.Amdt.6780 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  26. S.Amdt.6781 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  27. S.Amdt.6779 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  28. S.Amdt.6778 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  29. S.Amdt.6776 Cloture on amendment SA 6776 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 70 - 21. Record Vote Number: 240. In the nature of a substitute. (CR S4850-4851)

  30. S.Amdt.6776 Considered by Senate. In the nature of a substitute. (consideration: CR S4851)

  31. S.Amdt.6777 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  32. S.Amdt.6782 SA 6782 fell when SA 6781 fell.

  33. S.Amdt.6781 SA 6781 (the instructions of the motion to commit) fell when cloture was invoked on amendment SA 6776.

  34. S.Amdt.6783 SA 6783 fell when SA 6782 fell.

  35. S.Amdt.6783 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4851)

  36. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4851)

  37. S.Amdt.6778 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  38. S.Amdt.6776 Considered by Senate. In the nature of a substitute. (consideration: CR S4885)

  39. S.Amdt.6779 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  40. S.Amdt.6777 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  41. S.Amdt.6780 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  42. S.Amdt.6783 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  43. S.Amdt.6781 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4885)

  44. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4885)

  45. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4959-4962)

  46. Cloture on the measure, as amended, invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 25. Record Vote Number: 243.

  47. S.Amdt.6780 SA 6780 fell when SA 6779 was tabled.

  48. S.Amdt.6780 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4959)

  49. S.Amdt.6779 Motion to table amendment SA 6779 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  50. S.Amdt.6777 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4959-4962)

  51. S.Amdt.6776 Amendment SA 6776 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 23. Record Vote Number: 242.

  52. S.Amdt.6777 Motion to table amendment SA 6777 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  53. S.Amdt.6778 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4959)

  54. S.Amdt.6779 Considered by Senate. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S4959-4962)

  55. S.Amdt.6778 SA 6778 fell when SA 6777 was tabled.

  56. S.Amdt.6776 Considered by Senate. In the nature of a substitute. (consideration: CR S4959-4962)

  57. The committee substitute tabled by Voice Vote.

  58. Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5021-5064)

  59. S.Amdt.6830 Amendment SA 6830 proposed by Senator Scott SC to Amendment SA 6776. To require the disclosure of foreign financing of intercollegiate athletics.

  60. S.Amdt.6828 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6828, notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 6776, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 1. Record Vote Number: 245.

  61. S.Amdt.6828 Amendment SA 6828 proposed by Senator Baldwin to Amendment SA 6776. To modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law. (consideration: CR S5039)

  62. S.Amdt.6830 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6830, notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 6776, agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  63. S.Amdt.6831 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6831, notwithstanding the adoption of amendment SA 6776, agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  64. S.Amdt.6835 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6835 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 249.

  65. S.Amdt.6835 Amendment SA 6835 proposed by Senator Booker to Amendment SA 6776. To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams. (consideration: CR S5043-5044)

  66. S.Amdt.6805 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6805 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 248.

  67. S.Amdt.6831 Amendment SA 6831 proposed by Senator Moody to Amendment SA 6776. To modify the prohibition on certain conference mergers and acquisitions. (consideration: CR S5042)

  68. S.Amdt.6758 Amendment SA 6758 proposed by Senator Paul to Amendment SA 6776. To improve the bill. (consideration: CR S5040-5041)

  69. S.Amdt.6805 Amendment SA 6805 proposed by Senator Booker to Amendment SA 6776. To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes. (consideration: CR S5042-5043)

  70. S.Amdt.6760 Amendment SA 6760 proposed by Senator Kennedy to Amendment SA 6776. To limit price increases for college athletics tickets. (consideration: CR S5041-5042)

  71. S.Amdt.6758 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6758 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 1 - 94. Record Vote Number: 246.

  72. S.Amdt.6760 Under the order of 9/28/26, amendment SA 6760, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 54. Record Vote Number: 247.

  73. Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 22. Record Vote Number: 250. (text: CR S5044-5063)

  74. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  75. Received in the House.

  76. Held at the desk.

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