SB 1425

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2017 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 12, 2017
  • Senate
  • House
  • Signed by Governor Mar 03, 2017

Ticket Resale Rights Act; limitations on reselling tickets on Internet ticketing platform, penalty.

Abstract

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

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Mar 03, 2017

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 268 (effective 7/1/17)

Feb 23, 2017

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17

Feb 22, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Enrolled

Virginia General Assembly

Signed by Speaker

Virginia General Assembly

Signed by President

Feb 17, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Passed House (88-Y 10-N 1-A)

Virginia General Assembly

Read third time

Feb 16, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Read second time

Feb 09, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Placed on Calendar

Virginia General Assembly

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Virginia General Assembly

Read first time

Feb 07, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Read second time

Virginia General Assembly

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1425S1

Virginia General Assembly

Committee substitute agreed to 17104954D-S1

Virginia General Assembly

Reading of substitute waived

Jan 12, 2017

Virginia General Assembly

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Virginia General Assembly

Presented and ordered printed 17103928D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103928D HTML
Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104954D-S1 HTML
Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1425ER) HTML
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268) HTML

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