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House amends event-ticket resale bill, orders third reading after wide floor debate
Summary
After extended floor questioning and debate over enforcement and the effect on ordinary sellers, the House amended H.512 to add a strike-all consumer-protection framework for secondary ticket sales and ordered the bill to third reading.
The House on Friday amended H.512, a bill aimed at regulating the secondary market for event tickets, and ordered it to a third reading after extended floor debate about a 10% resale-price cap and enforcement challenges.
Representative Caris Duncan, speaking for the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee, outlined a strike-all amendment that would create a new subchapter to require resale platforms to disclose whether buyers are purchasing from a reseller or the original issuer, prohibit deceptive website addresses or misleading endorsements, ban speculative listings for tickets not yet in a seller’s possession, and cap resale prices at 10% above the original ticket price. The amendment sets the bill’s effective date as July 1, 2026.
"This bill proposes enhanced customer protections in the event ticketing…
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