New York A 6262: Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

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A06262 Summary:

BILL NOA06262 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00276

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSRShrestha

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Arts & Cul L, generally; add §5-338, Gen Ob L

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Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; institutes civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software; institutes new penalties for second offenses for licensees and for any person, firm, corporation or entity who is made aware of the utilization of ticket purchasing software and does not notify the attorney general of such utilization (Part A); establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part B); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket; permits a refund when a purchaser cannot attend an event due to a medical necessity (Part C); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part D); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part E); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part F); reduces the minimum seating capacity requirement for a professional sports organization membership pass to over thirteen thousand five hundred seats in a venue or stadium (Part G); prohibits exclusivity clauses in contracts between operators of places of entertainment and primary ticket vendors (Part H); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part I).

Go to top A06262 Actions:

BILL NOA06262 

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02/27/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

01/07/2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

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Go to topA06262 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6262

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to insti-
 tuting civil penalties for utilizing ticket purchasing software (Part
 A); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to estab-
 lishing an annual professional reseller renewal fee and requiring
 professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket
 reseller license number (Part B); to amend the arts and cultural
 affairs law, in relation to providing criteria for when a purchaser
 may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part C); to
 amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to resale
 requirements for tickets (Part D); to amend the arts and cultural
 affairs law, in relation to unlawful charges in connection with tick-
 ets (Part E); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation
 to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public (Part
 F); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to minimum
 seating capacity requirements for a professional sports organization
 membership pass (Part G); to amend the general obligations law, in
 relation to prohibiting exclusivity clauses in contracts between oper-
 ators of places of entertainment and primary ticket vendors (Part H);
 and to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the
 resa