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.
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.
How solid the drafting looks.
Progressives emphasize consumer protection and anti-scalping measures.
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.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is popular consumer protection with low fiscal cost, but concentrated industry interests and Senate procedure risks reduce odds.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
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.
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