1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to commerce; removing a prohibition against certain ticket sales and
1.3 advertisements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.676, subdivision
1.4 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.676, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3.Prohibitions.(a) A ticket reseller or online ticket marketplace must not:
1.8 (1) sell or offer to sell more than one copy of the same ticket to a place of entertainment;
1.9 (2) directly or indirectly employ another person to wait in line to purchase tickets for
1.10the purpose of reselling the tickets if the practice is prohibited or if the place of entertainment
1.11has posted a policy prohibiting the practice;
1.12 (3) sell or offer to sell a ticket without first informing the person of the location of the
1.13place of entertainment and the ticket's assigned seat, including but not limited to the seat
1.14number, row, and section number of the seat; or
1.15 (4) sell or offer to sell a ticket for which there is no assigned seat without first informing
1.16the person of the general admission area to which the ticket corresponds; or.
1.17 (5) advertise, offer for sale, or contract for the sale of a ticket before the ticket has been
1.18made available to the public, including via presale, without first obtaining permission from
1.19the place of entertainment and having actual or constructive possession of the ticket, unless
1.20the ticket reseller owns the ticket pursuant to a season ticket package purchased by the ticket
1.21reseller.
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REVISOR RSI/AC 25-0438203/05/25
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2383
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Finke, Perryman, Dotseth and Reyer03/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy 2.1 (b) A person must not use or cause to be used an Internet domain name or subdomain
2.2thereof in an operator, ticket reseller, or online ticket marketplace website's URL that contains
2.3any of the following, unless acting on behalf of the place of entertainment, event, or person
2.4scheduled to perform or appear at the event:
2.5 (1) the name of a place of entertainment;
2.6 (2) the name of an event, including the name of a person scheduled to perform or appear
2.7at the event; or
2.8 (3) a name substantially similar to those described in clause (1) or (2).
2.9 (c) A person must not:
2.10 (1) circumvent any portion of the process for purchasing a ticket on the Internet or for
2.11admission to a place of entertainment, including but not limited to security or identity
2.12validation measures or an access control system; or
2.13 (2) disguise the identity of a purchaser for the purpose of purchasing a number of tickets
2.14for admission to a place of entertainment that exceeds the maximum number of tickets
2.15allowed for purchase by a person.
2.16 (d) A person must not sell a ticket obtained in violation of paragraph (c) if the person:
2.17 (1) participated in or had the ability to control the conduct committed in violation of
2.18paragraph (c); or
2.19 (2) knew that the ticket was acquired in violation of paragraph (c).
2.20 (e) An operator, online ticket marketplace, or ticket reseller must not sell a ticket unless:
2.21 (1) the ticket is in the possession or constructive possession of the operator, online ticket
2.22marketplace, or ticket reseller; or
2.23 (2) the operator, online ticket marketplace, or ticket reseller has a written contract with
2.24the place of entertainment to obtain the ticket.
2.25 (f) Pursuant to United States Code, title 15, section 45c, circumvention of a security
2.26measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used by an online
2.27ticket marketplace to enforce posted event ticket purchasing limits or to maintain the integrity
2.28of posted online ticket purchasing order rules is prohibited.
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