AB 2203: Ticket sellers: electronic tickets.

Session Year: 2023-2024
House: Assembly

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-06-18: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law regulates ticket sellers, defined as a person who, for compensation, commission, or otherwise, sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. In this regard, existing law, among other things, prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements. Existing law provides various exemptions from those provisions, including, among others, exempting a person who sells 6 tickets or less to any one single event, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of those provisions a misdemeanor, and imposes civil penalties for certain violations.

This bill, notwithstanding the above-described exemption, would make it unlawful for a ticket seller to sell the same ticket to more than one person on the secondary market. By imposing new requirements on ticket sellers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

This bill would require a ticket seller to immediately deliver a proof of purchase to a consumer, and would require a venue operator to honor that proof of purchase in lieu of the ticket if specified conditions are met. The bill would impose a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for a violation of these requirements, as specified.

Discussed in Hearing