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House rejects amendments and passes H512 to regulate event ticket resales
Summary
The Vermont House declined two amendments to H512 that would have exempted certain individual or contracted ticket resales, then passed the bill to regulate the secondary ticket market and cap resale prices. Supporters said the measure protects venues and artists; opponents warned of overbroad enforcement risks.
The Vermont House on Thursday defeated two floor amendments to H512, a bill regulating the event ticketing market, and then passed the bill after third reading.
Representative Donahghue (member from Northfield) offered a divisible amendment that would have exempted "individual Vermoners not involved in business" who resell a ticket purchased for personal use for a single event. Donahghue argued the change would avoid criminalizing everyday neighbor-to-neighbor sales, saying, "If a person ... wants to sell it that they should be regulated by the state. I think we all know that bill would not even have been taken up let alone voted…
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