Sponsor
Nellie Pou
Representative · D-NJ
Representative · D-NJ
The bill increases upfront price transparency and market fairness for ticket buyers but imposes compliance and enforcement risks/costs on sellers and leaves a transparency gap for certain contingent sporting events.
Ticket buyers (e.g., middle-class families) will see the full number of shows, available seats, and the total out‑the‑door price at least 7 days before primary sale, reducing surprise fees and making price comparisons easier.
Consumers (e.g., middle-class families) gain protection from sellers intentionally withholding tickets to inflate secondary-market prices or hide availability, improving market fairness and reducing manipulative resale practices.
State attorneys general retain authority to enforce state laws and bring actions alongside the FTC, preserving local consumer-protection tools and oversight.
Primary sellers (venues, teams, ticket platforms) may incur compliance costs to update disclosures and systems, and those costs could be passed on to consumers as higher ticket prices.
Broad FTC enforcement authority and civil penalties increase litigation risk for sellers, which could prompt defensive pricing, reduced promotions, or other cautious business changes.
The exemption for contingent-length sporting series (e.g., playoff series whose length depends on outcomes) may leave some ticket buyers without the same upfront transparency for postseason events.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires primary ticket sellers to disclose scheduled event counts, tickets available per occurrence, and all-in ticket price at least 7 days before primary sales, and bans withholding tickets to inflate prices.
Official title: To require transparency of ticket sales, prohibit withholding information on the number of tickets available to inflate prices, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 16, 2026 by Nellie Pou · Last progress July 16, 2026
Requires primary ticket sellers to disclose, at least seven days before the first primary-sale date, how many occurrences of an event will be offered at a venue, how many tickets will be made available to the public for each occurrence, and the total cost of an individual ticket (including fees and taxes). It also bans primary ticket sellers from withholding tickets to artificially inflate prices or from misleading consumers about ticket availability after the initial offering. Gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce these rules as unfair or deceptive practices under existing FTC law, preserves state attorneys general enforcement, and defines key terms and a limited sporting-event exemption where occurrences depend on wins.