TICKET Act Passes House, But ‘Loopholes’ Raise Concerns From Industry Groups

TICKET Act Passes House, But ‘Loopholes’ Raise Concerns From Industry Groups

TICKET Act passes the U.S. House with bipartisan support, but some industry advocates want loopholes in the bill fixed before it goes to the Senate.

US Congress passes the TICKET Act, despite potential legal loopholes

The United States House of Representatives has passed the Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act, a bill intended to improve consumer protections regarding ticket pricing and fees. Despite failing its first vote in the House, the revised bill passed with landslide bipartisan support, with 409 House members in favor and 15 opposed, with 9 members not voting. An initial version of the bill was introduced in June of 2023 by R…

US House passes TICKET Act, but industry groups raise concerns about loophole in speculative selling ban

The TICKET Act, which would ramp up regulation of the ticketing business in the US, has been overwhelmingly passed by the US House Of Representatives, with supporters of the legislation now calling on the Senate to do the same. And to do so quickly. Not least because the House previously passed this bill last year, but it didn’t make its way through the Senate before the end of the last Congress.John Breyault from consumer rights group the Natio…

TICKET Act Brings Transparency and Lower Costs to Fans: Ticket Industry Suffers from Higher Prices and Excessive Fees - Chamber of Progress

The House of Representatives passed the TICKET Act today with strong bipartisan support to bring transparency to the ticketing industry. Sponsored by Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), the bill passed the House 409-15 and requires sellers to display the total price of a ticket – including fees – in advertisements, marketing, and promotional material. “Price transparency is key to increasing competition …

US House passes TICKET Act mandating ‘all-in’ pricing for ticket sales, heads to Senate

The proposed law is on the calendar in the US Senate, and President Trump has signaled he's in favor of this sort of legislation Source

US House passes the Ticket Act – but not everyone’s happy

The long, slow march towards reforming the ticketing business in the US continues. The latest step is the US House of Representatives passing the Ticket Act. Or to be accurate, passing it again, because this happened with a previous version of the bill last May, which did not make it into law before the change of US […] The post is from Music Ally.