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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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1048: P.L.1224, No.387