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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5125
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING ENTERTAINMENT EVENT TICKETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section, 1
"ticket reseller" means any person who advertises or facilitates the resale 2
of any ticket to an entertainment event. 3
(b) No ticket reseller shall enter into a contract with a purchaser for 4
the resale of any ticket to an entertainment event, or accept from a 5
purchaser any consideration as payment in full or as a deposit for the 6
resale of any such ticket, unless the ticket reseller: 7
(1) Is in possession of such ticket; or 8
(2) Has entered into a written contract (A) (i) with the person who is 9
in possession of such ticket, or (ii) with a person who has a contractual 10
right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in possession of such 11
ticket, and (B) that entitles such ticket reseller to obtain such ticket from 12
a person described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision at a price 13
specified in such written contract. 14
(c) (1) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed to 15
prohibit a ticket reseller from accepting a deposit from a prospective 16
purchaser of a ticket to an entertainment event as part of a contract that 17

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requires the ticket reseller to make best efforts to obtain a ticket to the 18
entertainment event for the prospective purchaser at a price or within a 19
price range, and by a time, specified in the contract, provided the ticket 20
reseller discloses to the prospective purchaser in oral or written form at 21
the time such ticket reseller enters into such contract with such 22
prospective purchaser or accepts such deposit from such prospective 23
purchaser, whichever occurs first, that such ticket reseller: 24
(A) Is not in possession of the ticket desired by such prospective 25
purchaser or has not entered into a written contract (i) (I) with a person 26
who is in possession of such ticket, or (II) with a person who has a 27
contractual right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in 28
possession of such ticket, and (ii) that entitles such ticket reseller to 29
obtain such ticket from a person described in subparagraph (A)(i) of this 30
subdivision at a price specified in such written contract; and 31
(B) May not be able to supply such ticket to such prospective 32
purchaser at the contracted price or within the contracted price range. 33
(2) If a ticket reseller makes the disclosure required under subdivision 34
(1) of this subsection to a prospective purchaser in oral form, the ticket 35
reseller shall memorialize such disclosure to the prospective purchaser 36
in written form not later than two business days after such ticket reseller 37
made such disclosure to such prospective purchaser in oral form. 38
(d) A violation of any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this section 39
shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of 40
trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the 41
general statutes. 42
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) (1) Except as provided in 43
subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person shall advertise or facilitate 44
the sale or resale of any ticket to an entertainment event by way of an 45
Internet web site if the Internet domain of such Internet web site, or any 46
Internet subdomain of such Internet web site, contains: 47
(A) The name of the venue for such entertainment event; 48

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(B) The name of the entertainment event, including, but not limited 49
to, the name of any individual or group scheduled to perform or 50
appear at such entertainment event; or 51
(C) Any name that is substantially similar to a name described in 52
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision. 53
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be 54
construed to apply to any person who is acting on behalf of the venue 55
for the entertainment event. 56
(b) A violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall 57
constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade 58
or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general 59
statutes. 60
Sec. 3. Section 53-289a of the general statutes is repealed and the 61
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 62
(a) As used in this section: [, "service charge"] 63
(1) "Entertainment event" (A) includes, but is not limited to, an 64
athletic competition, sporting event, concert, operatic performance or 65
theatrical performance or admission to a place of amusement, and (B) 66
does not include a movie; 67
(2) "Entertainment venue" includes, but is not limited to, an arena, 68
exhibition hall, performance hall, place of amusement, stadium or 69
theater, but does not include a mov