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Act No. 50
Public Acts of 2025
Approved by the Governor
December 23, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 23, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die
(91st day after final adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session)
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
Introduced by Senators Cavanagh, Shink, Damoose, McMorrow, Victory, Klinefelt, Polehanki,
Geiss, Bayer and Irwin
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 158
AN ACT to regulate the online sale of tickets for entertainment events; and to prohibit the use of a bot to make
certain purchases for tickets for entertainment events.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the “event online ticket sales act”.
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) “Bot” means an automated software application programmed to perform automatic and repetitive tasks
and that is designed to impersonate or replicate human activity online.
(b) “Entertainment event” means a concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, exhibition, show, or similar
scheduled activity held in this state that meets all of the following:
(i) Is open to the public.
(ii) Is held in a public or private venue.
(iii) Charges an admission fee to attend.
(c) “Person” means any of the following:
(i) An individual.
(ii) A sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity.
(iii) A combination of persons described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
(d) “Ticket” means a physical, electronic, or other form of a certificate, voucher, document, token, or other
evidence indicating that the person entitled to possession through purchase or otherwise has a right to enter a
venue for an entertainment event at the date and time specified on the ticket.
(e) “Ticket purchasing limit” means the posted limit stating the number of tickets a person may purchase for
a specific entertainment event during an online ticket sale.
Sec. 5. A person shall not use or create a bot to do any of the following:
(a) Purchase an amount of tickets for an entertainment event in excess of the ticket purchasing limit.
(b) Use multiple internet protocol addresses, purchaser accounts, or email addresses to purchase an amount
of tickets for an entertainment event in excess of the ticket purchasing limit.
(c) Circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting period, presale code, or other sales volume limitation
system associated with an online ticket sale.
(d) Circumvent or disable a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure that is used
to validate that a ticket is not fraudulent.
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Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4262 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted
into law.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor