HR 1402
Advanced toward a vote
Requires ticket sellers to show the total price, including all fees, up front and bans selling or advertising tickets they do not hold, while requiring refunds when events are canceled.
Official title: TICKET Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
18-FEB-2025
Referred
18-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
08-APR-2025
Reported
24-APR-2025
On the calendar
24-APR-2025
Passed
29-APR-2025
Senate
Received
30-APR-2025
On the calendar
16-SEP-2025
- Requires the total ticket price, including all fees, to be shown wherever a ticket is advertised or offered for sale, and itemized before checkout is complete.
- Bans selling or advertising event tickets the seller does not possess, but allows resellers to sell services that help buyers obtain tickets if they are not labeled as tickets.
- Requires full refunds for canceled events and lets buyers choose between a refund or a replacement ticket when an event is postponed more than six months.
- Treats violations as unfair or deceptive practices enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, which must also report on enforcement of the 2016 Better Online Ticket Sales Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (18-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 29-APR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
Commerce
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