AB 2808: Primary ticket sellers.

Session Year: 2023-2024
House: Assembly

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-05-16: Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.))

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 entertainment events. In this regard, existing law prohibits specified ticket selling practices and imposes certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements on ticket sellers.

This bill would require a ticketing enterprise provider, as defined, to include an application programming interface (API) that enables any participating ticketing provider, as defined, to integrate with the ticket manifest to list and sell primary tickets or secondary tickets, as those terms are defined, that are instantly verified by the ticketing enterprise system. The bill would make it unlawful for a ticketing enterprise provider or an entertainment facility to provide services associated with a system access API, as defined, on an exclusive or discriminatory basis, as specified. The bill would make it unlawful to limit the transfer or resale of a ticket or penalize, discriminate against, or deny access to an event to a person who has resold a ticket or purchases a secondary ticket. This bill would make a violation of the bills provisions subject to a $2,500 civil penalty for each ticket not sold or offered for sale in violation of the bills provisions.

This bill would prohibit a contract between a primary ticket seller and a venue operator from providing for the primary ticket seller to be the exclusive and sole primary ticket seller. The bill would also prohibit such a contract from having a term longer than 3 years. The bill would require a venue operator, when entering into an agreement with an artist or artist representative, to allow the artist or artist representative to determine the terms and conditions relating to tickets to their events, as specified. The bill would apply its provisions to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025. The bill would provide an exception for significant national or international sporting events, as specified. The bill would impose a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each violation of its provisions.

Discussed in Hearing