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Introduced January 22, 2025 by Marsha Blackburn · Last progress January 22, 2025
The bill strengthens technical controls and reporting to reduce automated scalping and improve ticketing security, but does so at the cost of added compliance burdens and broader data-sharing that could raise consumer prices and privacy risks while leaving some enforcement flexibility limited.
Online ticket purchasers will face fewer automated scalper purchases because ticket issuers must use security controls that enforce posted purchase limits.
Online ticket purchasers and ticket issuers will see improved transaction integrity and reduced future ticketing fraud because issuers must evaluate and update security as technology and threats change.
Online ticket purchasers and law enforcement will get faster detection and coordinated responses to large-scale circumvention incidents because issuers must report known circumvention to the FTC within 30 days and enable information sharing.
Online ticket issuers (and potentially purchasers) will incur compliance costs to design, maintain, and update access controls and reporting systems, which could be passed to consumers through higher fees.
Online ticket issuers and purchasers will have more sensitive operational data shared with federal and state agencies, increasing privacy and security exposure if that information is mishandled.
The Federal Trade Commission's guidance is expressly non-binding and cannot be the sole basis for enforcement, which may limit the FTC's ability to adapt enforcement quickly to evolving technical circumvention tactics.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expands the ban on automated ticket-buying, requires ticket sellers to implement and update security controls and report known circumvention incidents to the FTC, and adds law-enforcement coordination.
Requires online ticket sellers to stop and report automated schemes that bypass purchase limits and order rules. The bill expands the existing ban on automated ticket buying, forces ticket issuers to install and update access-control and security measures that enforce posted limits, requires timely reporting of known circumvention incidents to the FTC, and sets up information-sharing with state and federal law enforcement. The FTC must publish guidance within one year and report to Congress on enforcement and limitations.