S 8221 — Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales
Congress · introduced 2025-05-23
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 paperless ticketing systems options (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).
Latest action: 2026-05-12 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — sponsor · 2025-05-23
- April Baskin (—, NY-63) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Jabari Brisport (—, NY-25) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Kevin S. Parker (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Gustavo Rivera (—, NY-33) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Jeremy Zellner (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- · senate — REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8221A
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8221B
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-05-23 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2026-02-06 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-05-04 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (19)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | John Liu | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Liz Krueger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | April Baskin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | James Sanders Jr. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Gustavo Rivera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Kevin S. Parker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Jeremy Zellner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Kristen Gonzalez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Christopher Ryan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Jabari Brisport | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Patricia Fahy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | James Skoufis | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jeremy Zellner (—, state_upper NY-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-23 · sponsored by James Skoufis (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Kevin S. Parker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jeremy Zellner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by April Baskin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship