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SB0917 • 2026

Tickets, Admission

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to speculative tickets.

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Sponsor
Campbell, Hemmer
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify how consumers are directly impacted or if they can report violations themselves.

Law Against Selling Fake Event Tickets

This law prohibits third-party sellers from selling speculative tickets and sets up enforcement by the Tennessee Attorney General's office with penalties of $5,000 per violation.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines a speculative ticket as one that isn't in the seller's possession when they sell it, advertise it, or put it on sale.
  • Forbids third-party sellers from selling or advertising speculative tickets.
  • Requires the Tennessee Attorney General’s office to enforce this law and set up ways for people to report violations.
  • Sets a penalty of $5,000 for each violation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Third-party ticket resellers who sell event tickets online or through other means.

Terms To Know

Speculative ticket
A ticket that isn't in the seller's possession when they try to sell it, advertise it, or put it up for sale.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only applies to third-party sellers and not to people selling their own tickets.
  • It is unclear how strictly this new rule will be enforced after the effective date of July 1, 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  3. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

  4. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee

  5. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  7. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  8. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1374
By Hemmer

SENATE BILL 917
By Campbell

SB0917
002791
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47,
relative to speculative tickets.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-50-119, is amended by deleting
the section.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-50-121(a), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) "Speculative ticket":
(A) Means a ticket that is not in the actual or constructive possession of a
reseller at the time of sale, advertisement, or listing; and
(B) Includes a ticket sold by a reseller that, at the time of resale, is not:
(i) In the physical possession of the reseller;
(ii) Owned by the reseller; or
(iii) Under contract to be transferred to the reseller;
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-50-121, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
(e)
(1)
(A) A third-party ticket reseller shall not sell or offer to sell a
speculative ticket.
(B) A third-party ticket reseller that operates an internet website
or other electronic service that provides a mechanism for two (2) or more

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parties to participate in a resale transaction shall not allow the sale or
offering for sale of a speculative ticket.
(2)
(A) The division of consumer affairs in the office of the attorney
general and reporter shall enforce this subsection (e). The division shall
establish a means by which a consumer may submit a complaint for a
violation of this subsection.
(B) If the division of consumer affairs finds that a third-party ticket
reseller violated subdivision (e)(1)(A) or (e)(1)(B), then the division must
assess a penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. Each
instance of selling, offering for sale, or allowing the sale or offering for
sale of a speculative ticket is a separate violation.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to conduct occurring on or after that date.