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Committee hears support for bill banning speculative ticket resales that sell tickets not in hand
Summary
At a Feb. 3 public hearing, sponsors and venue operators urged passage of HB 4,024 to prohibit resale listings for tickets sellers do not possess or are not contractually authorized to obtain; advocates said the bill would protect consumers and independent venues from fraud and operational harm.
Representative Pam Marsh told the committee HB 4,024 is a "common sense" measure to stop speculative ticketing — the practice of resellers advertising and selling tickets they do not actually possess or cannot obtain through a written contract with the event operator.
"These stories are not isolated," Marsh said, recounting examples in her district where consumers paid hundreds or thousands for speculative listings and then arrived to find legitimate ticketholders already…
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