New York A 8659: Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

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A08659 Summary:

BILL NOA08659 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Kelles, Rosenthal, Gallagher, Epstein, Jacobson, Glick, Lasher, Clark, Shrestha, Dilan,
 McMahon, Bronson, Barrett, Conrad, Lunsford, Stirpe, Magnarelli, Hevesi, Tapia, Shimsky, Zinerman,
 Simon, Eachus, Raga

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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 the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).

Go to top A08659 Actions:

BILL NOA08659 

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05/23/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

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

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Go to topA08659 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8659

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KIM, 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 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); and to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the
 resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package
 (Part F); and to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending the
 arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920
 relating to regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to
 tickets to places of entertainment, and chapter 151 of the laws of
 2010 amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to resale of
 tickets to places of entertainment, in relation to extending the
 effectiveness thereof (Part G)

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation that
 2 relate to live event ticket sales. Each component is wholly contained
 3 within a Part identified as Parts A through G. The effective da