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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8659: Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 8659 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales. Primary sponsor: Ron Kim (Democratic). It lists 25 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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 the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 19 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ron KimPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Didi BarrettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse106
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Erik DilanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Chris EachusCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Micah LasherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse69
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Bill MagnarelliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
  2. REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source