Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 163.
The TICKET Act requires ticket sellers and secondary marketplaces to disclose a single "total event ticket price," itemize fees, and show that total price during the purchasing process. It bans selling tickets that the seller does not actually possess (with a narrowly defined permitted "service" alternative), requires certain resale and affiliation disclosures, sets refund rules for cancellations and postponements, directs an FTC report on BOTS Act enforcement, and makes violations enforceable as unfair or deceptive acts under the FTC Act.
Progressives emphasize consumer protection and anti-scalping measures.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that clearly defines new obligations, prohibitions, and remedies for ticket sellers and resellers, integrates with existing FTC authorities, and supplies detailed definitions and timelines.
The TICKET Act requires ticket sellers and secondary marketplaces to disclose a single "total event ticket price," itemize fees, and show that total price during the purchasing process.
It bans selling tickets that the seller does not actually possess (with a narrowly defined permitted "service" alternative), requires certain resale and affiliation disclosures, sets refund rules for cancellations and postponements, directs an FTC report on BOTS Act enforcement, and makes violations enforceable as unfair or deceptive acts under the FTC Act.
Most substantive consumer protections take effect 180 days after enactment and the law applies to events over 200-person capacity sold in interstate commerce.
Content is popular consumer protection with low fiscal cost, but concentrated industry interests and Senate procedure risks reduce odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that clearly defines new obligations, prohibitions, and remedies for ticket sellers and resellers, integrates with existing FTC authorities, and supplies detailed definitions and timelines.
Progressives emphasize consumer protection and anti-scalping measures.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize consumer protection and anti-scalping measures.
Likely supportive overall; views the bill as a meaningful consumer-protection measure to limit surprise fees and speculative scalping.
Appreciates the full-price disclosure, itemization of fees, refunds for cancellations, and the speculative-ticketing ban as curbs on abusive secondary-market practices.
Would want strong FTC enforcement and safeguards so fees aren't re-labeled as "optional" to evade disclosure.
Generally favorable to the consumer-transparency goals but cautious about implementation burdens and unintended market effects.
Sees value in clear pricing and refund rules while wanting practical guidance on compliance, narrow exemptions for genuine broker services, and clarity on the phrase "beyond reasonable control." Prefers monitoring and possible adjustments after FTC report.
Skeptical overall; supports transparency in principle but sees the bill as federal overreach and burdensome regulation on businesses and marketplaces.
Opposes the speculative-ticketing ban and mandatory refund rules as interventions that distort market bargaining and harm legitimate secondary-market services.
Concerned about litigation risk and expanded FTC authority.
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Content is popular consumer protection with low fiscal cost, but concentrated industry interests and Senate procedure risks reduce odds.
The House fast-tracked this bill — skipping normal debate — and it passed with a two-thirds majority. It now moves to the Senate.
Suspending the rules allows the House to bypass normal debate procedures and pass a bill immediately with a two-thirds vote.
Progressives emphasize consumer protection and anti-scalping measures.
Content is popular consumer protection with low fiscal cost, but concentrated industry interests and Senate procedure risks reduce odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive statutory package that clearly defines new obligations, prohibitions, and remedies for ticket sellers and resellers, integrates with existing FTC aut…
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