New York S 8221: Relates to limiting licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations

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S08221 Summary:

BILL NOS08221B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRBASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE,
 PARKER, RIVERA, RYAN C, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§25.03, 25.13, 25.19, 25.07, 25.10, 25.29 & 25.30, add §25.04, Arts & Cul L; amd §4, Chap 704 of 1991;
amd §11, Chap 151 of 2010

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Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; 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 A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); 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 C); 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 D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to paperless ticketing systems options (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).

Go to top S08221 Actions:

BILL NOS08221B

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05/23/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

02/06/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

02/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 8221A

05/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 8221B

05/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8221--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 23, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER,
 RIVERA, C. RYAN, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, ZELLNER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
 gations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Investigations and Government Operations in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT 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 A); 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 B); to
 amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to resale
 requirements for tickets (Part C); to amend the arts and cultural
 affairs law, in relation to unlawful charges in connection with tick-
 ets (Part D); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation
 to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public (Part
 E); to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to paper-
 less ticketing systems options (Part F); and to amend chapter 704 of
 the laws of 1991 amending the arts and cultural affairs law a