HB 967 — An Act amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, further providing for definitions.

PRINTER'S NO.   1048

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 967
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, MEHAFFIE, BRIGGS, BURGOS, CERRATO,
        DEASY, DONAHUE, FIEDLER, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN,
        MALAGARI, McNEILL, NEILSON, OTTEN, PIELLI, SANCHEZ,
        SCHLOSSBERG AND WAXMAN, MARCH 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, MARCH 19, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387),
 2      entitled "An act prohibiting unfair methods of competition
 3      and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of
 4      any trade or commerce, giving the Attorney General and
 5      District Attorneys certain powers and duties and providing
 6      penalties," further providing for definitions.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968
10   (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
11   Consumer Protection Law, is amended by adding a subclause to
12   read:
13      Section 2.    Definitions.--As used in this act.
14      * * *
15      (4)   "Unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive
16   acts or practices" mean any one or more of the following:
17      * * *
18      (xx.1)   For the resale of a ticket in this Commonwealth:
 1      (A)    Charging a fee in excess of the following caps:
 2      (I)    The fee charged to the purchaser of the ticket may not
 3   exceed five percent (5%) of the ticket price.
 4      (II)    The fee charged by the ticket reseller of the ticket
 5   may not exceed five percent (5%) of the ticket price.
 6      (B)    As used in this subclause:
 7      (I)    "Purchaser" means a person buying a ticket at resale.
 8      (II)    "Resale" means the second or subsequent sale of a
 9   ticket by any means, including in person, by telephone, by mail,
10   by email, by facsimile or through a website or other electronic
11   means.
12      (III)   "Ticket" means physical, electronic or other evidence
13   that grants to the possessor of the evidence license to enter a
14   place of entertainment for one or more events at a specified
15   date and time.
16      (IV)    "Ticket reseller" means a person who, for compensation,
17   commission or otherwise, is engaged in reselling admission
18   tickets to a sporting, musical, theater or other entertainment
19   event.
20      Section 2.    The addition of section 2(4)(xx.1) of the act
21   shall apply to fees in the resale of tickets that are charged on
22   or after the effective date of this section.
23      Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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