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H448 • 2025

An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets

An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets

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Sponsor
Brian W. Murray
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5320
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets

An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 448) of Brian W.
  • Murray and others for legislation relative to the purchase of event tickets.
  • Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-02 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5320

  2. 2025-08-25 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-05-23 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets
By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 448) of Brian W. Murray and others for legislation relative to the purchase of event tickets. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.448

Section 185A of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 249 of chapter 238 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:

(a) No person shall engage in the business of reselling tickets to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed under sections 181 and 182 or under chapter 128A, or facilitating a mechanism for 2 or more parties to participate in the resale of any ticket of admission thereto, whether such business is conducted on or off the premises on which such ticket or other evidence is to be used, without being licensed by the commissioner of occupational licensure.

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