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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1009 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 448 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Brian W. Murray |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/14/2025Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex3/4/2025Joan Meschino3rd Plymouth2/19/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/13/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1009 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 448 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 448) of Brian |
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| 19 | 19 | | W. Murray and others for legislation relative to the purchase of event tickets. Consumer |
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| 20 | 20 | | Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to facilitate the purchase of certain event tickets. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 28 | 28 | | forthwith remove regulatory burdens on businesses, including nonprofits, that exhibit and sell |
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| 29 | 29 | | tickets to their own licensed theatrical and other public exhibitions and shows, therefore it is |
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| 30 | 30 | | hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public |
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| 31 | 31 | | convenience. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 Section 185A of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 249 of chapter |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2238 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3thereof the following subsection: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 (a) No person shall engage in the business of reselling tickets to any theatrical exhibition, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed under sections 181 and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6182 or under chapter 128A, or facilitating a mechanism for 2 or more parties to participate in the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7resale of any ticket of admission thereto, whether such business is conducted on or off the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8premises on which such ticket or other evidence is to be used, without being licensed by the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9commissioner of occupational licensure. |
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