TICKET Act
Ticket sellers and resale platforms would be required to show the total price of a ticket—including all service fees and taxes—upfront, along with an itemized breakdown before checkout. The bill also bans sellers from offering tickets they do not actually own and stops resale websites from pretending to be official venue or artist sites. Additionally, consumers would be entitled to a full refund if an event is canceled or if it is postponed for more than six months.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- event ticket buyersGains the right to see all-inclusive total ticket pricing from the initial display through checkout, receive itemized fee breakdowns before purchase, know if a ticket is a resale ticket, be shielded from speculative ticket sales, and receive mandatory refunds or replacement tickets if an event is canceled or postponed (Sec. 2, 3, 4, and 5).
- event venues, sports teams, and performing artistsProtected from ticket sellers and resellers claiming false affiliation, endorsement, or 'official' status without written consent, and protected from unauthorized use of venue names in ticket website domain names (Sec. 4(2)-(3)).
Who it burdens
- primary and secondary ticket sellers and ticket marketplacesMust display all-inclusive ticket prices upfront in all ads and listings, itemize fees before purchase, disclose resale status and refund rules, refrain from selling unpossessed tickets, and provide full refunds or comparable replacement tickets for canceled or postponed events, subject to FTC enforcement (Sec. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7).
- Federal Trade CommissionMandated to prepare and submit a report to Congress within six months evaluating enforcement of the BOTS Act and recommendations for industry compliance, and tasked with enforcing the Act's ticketing rules as unfair or deceptive trade practices (Sec. 6 and 7).
Who opposes it
- speculative ticket sellersExplicitly bars sellers and ticket exchanges from listing, advertising, or selling event tickets that they do not have actual or constructive possession of (Sec. 3(a)).
The provisions, in plain language.
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Requires ticket sellers and resale platforms, starting 180 days after enactment, to display the total ticket price—including all mandatory fees—in all advertisements and from the first time the price is shown through checkout.
Requires ticket sellers and resale platforms, starting 180 days after enactment, to provide an itemized breakdown of the base ticket price and each individual fee before a customer completes their purchase.
Bans ticket sellers and resale marketplaces, starting 180 days after enactment, from selling, offering, or advertising tickets they do not already possess or have a legal right to provide.
Bars ticket sellers and resellers from falsely claiming affiliation or endorsement by an artist, team, or venue (such as using the word 'official') without written permission, and bans using venue names in website domain names without authorization.
Requires ticket sellers and resellers, starting 180 days after enactment, to issue full refunds if an event is canceled, replacement tickets if postponed for up to six months, or the buyer's choice of a full refund or replacement ticket if postponed longer than six months (unless caused by an unforeseeable disaster).
Allows companies to sell ticket-finding concierge services only if they separate those services from ticket sales, do not advertise them as tickets, and clearly disclose that purchasing the service does not guarantee a ticket.
Requires secondary ticket sellers and marketplaces to clearly state to buyers before checkout that they are selling resale tickets.
Requires ticket sellers and marketplaces, starting 180 days after enactment, to clearly explain their guarantee policies, whether fees are refundable, and step-by-step refund instructions before a buyer completes a purchase.
Requires the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress within six months on its enforcement of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act and how to improve compliance.
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to enforce these event ticketing rules as unfair or deceptive trade practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Requires ticket sellers and resale platforms, starting 180 days after enactment, to display the total ticket price—including all mandatory fees—in all advertisements and from the first time the price is shown through checkout.
Requires ticket sellers and resale platforms, starting 180 days after enactment, to provide an itemized breakdown of the base ticket price and each individual fee before a customer completes their purchase.
Bans ticket sellers and resale marketplaces, starting 180 days after enactment, from selling, offering, or advertising tickets they do not already possess or have a legal right to provide.
Bars ticket sellers and resellers from falsely claiming affiliation or endorsement by an artist, team, or venue (such as using the word 'official') without written permission, and bans using venue names in website domain names without authorization.
Requires ticket sellers and resellers, starting 180 days after enactment, to issue full refunds if an event is canceled, replacement tickets if postponed for up to six months, or the buyer's choice of a full refund or replacement ticket if postponed longer than six months (unless caused by an unforeseeable disaster).
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How members voted on TICKET Act.
Recorded roll calls on this bill, most recent first. Open one to see each member's position.
How it moved.
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- Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 163.
- Received in the Senate.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 15 (Roll no. 107). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1640-1641)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 15 (Roll no. 107). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1640-1641)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1706)
- At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1402.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1640)
- Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
- Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-66.
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced in House
- Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 163.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 15 (Roll no. 107). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1640-1641)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 15 (Roll no. 107). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1640-1641)
- Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-66.
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
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Civic Herald. “TICKET Act (H.R. 1402, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-1402. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.