David B. Albo
Primary
Prohibits any person that issues tickets for admission to a professional concert, professional sporting event, or professional theatrical production, open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold, from issuing the ticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the ticket purchaser from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet ticketing platform of the ticket purchaser's choice. The measure also prohibits a person from being discriminated against or denied admission to an event solely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold ticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform. A person violating these prohibitions is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. This bill is identical to
Approved by Governor-Chapter 261 (effective 7/1/17)
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Senate amendment agreed to by House (84-Y 10-N 1-A)
Placed on Calendar
Reading of amendment waived
Read third time
Committee amendment agreed to
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (85-Y 11-N 1-A)
Read second time
Floor substitute printed 17104874D-H2 (Albo)
Committee substitute rejected 17104132D-H1
Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1825H2
Substitute by Delegate Albo agreed to 17104874D-H2
Read first time
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101115D
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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| House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101115D | HTML |
| House: Committee substitute printed 17104132D-H1 | HTML |
| House: Floor substitute printed 17104874D-H2 (Albo) | HTML |
| House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1825ER) | HTML |
| Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261) | HTML |
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