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HB 3167 — 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.

Congress · introduced 2024-12-31

<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.

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Sponsors

• Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — sponsor
• Mannix, Kevin (R, OR-21) — sponsor
• Javadi, Cyrus (R, OR-32) — sponsor
• Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — sponsor
• Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — sponsor
• Marsh, Pam (D, OR-5) — sponsor
• Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
• Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — cosponsor
• Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
• Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
• Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — cosponsor
• Nguyen, Hoa (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
• Fragala, Lisa (D, OR-8) — cosponsor
• Evans, Paul (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
• Tran, Thuy (D, OR-45) — cosponsor
• Watanabe, Mari (D, OR-34) — cosponsor
• McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — cosponsor
• Kropf, Jason (D, OR-54) — cosponsor
• Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
• Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
• Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
• Anderson, Dick (R, OR-5) — cosponsor
• Hudson, Zach (D, OR-49) — cosponsor
• Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
• Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
• Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — cosponsor
• Nathanson, Nancy (D, OR-13) — cosponsor
• Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
• Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — cosponsor

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