HB3167 • 2025

Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Marsh,, Nosse,, Mannix,, Bowman,, Javadi,, Senator Golden, Representative Andersen,, Chaichi,, Chotzen,, Evans,, Fragala,, Gamba,, Gomberg,, Grayber,, Hudson,, Kropf,, McDonald,, Nathanson,, Neron,, Nguyen H,, Pham H,, Sosa,, Tran,, Walters,, Watanabe,, Senator Anderson,, Campos,, Frederick,, Meek,, Patterson,
Last action: 2025-07-25
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2025-07-25 House
Chapter 390, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
2025-06-24 House
Governor signed.
2025-06-17 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-17 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-13 House
House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 37; Nays, 3--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Cate; Excused, 20--Boshart Davis, Diehl, Elmer, Helfrich, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, McIntire, Nguyen H, Osborne, Reschke, Ruiz, Scharf, Skarlatos, Sosa, Tran, Wallan, Walters, Wright, Yunker.
2025-06-11 Senate
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. Ayes, 21; Excused, 9--Frederick, Gorsek, Lieber, Meek, Nash, Pham, Robinson, Starr, Weber.
2025-06-10 Senate
Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-09 Senate
Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-05 Senate
Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
2025-06-04 Senate
Second reading.
2025-06-03 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
2025-05-22 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-05-15 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-05-13 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-05-08 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-05-02 Senate
Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Labor and Business.
2025-05-02 Senate
Referred to Labor and Business by order of the President.
2025-04-28 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-04-22 Senate
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-04-22 Senate
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-04-21 House
Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. Ayes, 40; Nays, 16--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Diehl, Edwards, Elmer, Levy B, Lewis, McIntire, Osborne, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 1--Nguyen H; Excused for Business of the House, 3--Boshart Davis, Drazan, Harbick.
2025-04-17 House
Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar.
2025-04-16 House
Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
2025-04-15 House
Second reading.
2025-04-14 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
2025-04-08 House
Work Session held.
2025-03-11 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: Says a person may not sell or use software to get around a ticket seller's or reseller's efforts to sell tickets fairly. Says a person may not use a domain name that is too much like the name of an operator or venue without an okay from the operator or venue. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b>
[<i>Digest: Says that a ticket seller must tell a buyer the total price for a ticket and certain information before selling a ticket for an event. Says that a reseller must have a ticket before it can sell the ticket. Sets certain other requirements for ticket sales. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.5).</i>]
Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets.
[<i>Prohibits a person from offering or selling an admission ticket to a retail purchaser unless the person discloses the initial price and total price of the admission ticket before requiring the purchaser to provide payment information. Requires the seller to make additional disclosures.</i>]
Prohibits a person from<b> willfully</b> using, without prior authorization, an Internet domain name or subdomain name that names a venue, names an entertainment event or a person that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event or<b> is substantially similar to the name of the venue, of the entertainment event or the person or entity that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event. Prohibits a person from publishing or causing another person to publish a website that has or</b> uses text, images, graphics, a design or other material that is<b> so</b> substantially similar to the intellectual property of an operator or venue<b> as to mislead a reasonable visitor to the website into believing that the website is affiliated with the operator or venue</b>.
[<i>Prohibits a reseller from selling or offering for resale an admission ticket unless the reseller has actual or constructive possession of the admission ticket and makes certain disclosures before completing the sale.</i>]
Punishes violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Relating to: Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned