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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 913S.P. 403 In Senate, March 11, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Ticket Sellers from Prohibiting the Transfer of
Tickets to Third Parties
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Housing and Economic Development pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by President DAUGHTRY of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative COLLAMORE of Pittsfield and
Senators: BAILEY of York, BALDACCI of Penobscot, FARRIN of Somerset, GROHOSKI of
Hancock, NANGLE of Cumberland, RENY of Lincoln, Representatives: DUCHARME of
Madison, ROBERTS of South Berwick. Page 1 - 132LR1184(01)
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4 with a condition that the purchaser may not transfer the ticket with or without consideration
5 to a 3rd party without permission of the person or without an added fee. If a person sells or
6 offers to sell a ticket by means of a system that does not allow for the transferability of the
7 ticket, the person shall provide the purchaser at the time of the initial sale the option to
8 purchase the ticket in another form that is transferable to a 3rd party without an added fee
9 for the transferable ticket. A person may not disallow a ticket holder admission to an event
10 solely because the ticket has been resold. This subsection does not apply to a ticket sold or
11 offered for sale to a student of a public institution of higher education for an entertainment
12 event held by or on behalf of the institution or to a place of entertainment with a seating
13 capacity of not more than 3,500 individuals if the place of entertainment provides written
14 notice to the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services of the intent not to
15 comply with the provisions of this subsection.
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17 This bill prohibits a seller of a ticket to an entertainment event from prohibiting the
18 purchaser from transferring the ticket with or without consideration to a 3rd party, requires
19 the seller to offer the option of a transferable ticket if the ticketing system does not allow
20 for a ticket to be transferred and prohibits a person from denying a ticket holder admission
21 to an entertainment event solely because the ticket has been resold. This bill does not apply
22 to tickets sold to students for events at public institutions of higher education or to places
23 of entertainment with a seating capacity of 3,500 or less if the place of entertainment
24 provides written notice to the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services.
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