Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

Latest action May 12, 2026

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 paperless ticketing systems options (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Amends the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law.

Committee

Investigations And Government Operations · New York State Senate

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of the bill is to extend provisions of the laws that guide live ticketing, as well as update and add language to modernize New York State's live ticketing laws.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Investigations And Government Operations
Senate Investigations And Government OperationsMay 12, 2026Result: passed
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Cosponsors

Andrew Gounardes, April Baskin and 16 more on Agora

Democratic18

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The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

Concerts and other live entertainment events are a multi-billion-dollar industry in New York State. Chapter 358 of the laws of 2022 updated the laws regulating ticket sales for these events to protect consumers. Major changes were brought to how ticketing software can be used to purchase tickets, the operations of online ticketing marketplaces, and, notably, the introduction of all-in ticket pricing. These changes were made to enhance the consumer experience and to make the ticketing indus- try fairer. Changes to the live ticketing law have broad implications for promoters, brokers, venues, artists, and live event consumers throughout the state. This bill will improve the everyday consumer experience and create a fairer and more transparent ticket-buying landscape. Language in this bill addresses issues such as service fees, speculative ticketing, broker transparency, refunds for cancelled and postponed events, and a face-value cap on resale tickets for live entertainment events such as concerts, comedy shows, ballets, and operas.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 12, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
May 4, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Investigations and Government Operations
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate
Feb 6, 2026
Amend (t) and Recommit to Investigations and Government Operations
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate
May 23, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate

About this record

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