An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 650 By: Rogers, Burns, and Bullard
of the Senate
and
Marti of the House
An Act relating to consumer protection; defining
terms; prohibiting a person to use or sell certain
software to evade security measures of a ticket
seller’s website or sell tickets at an inc reased
price; subjecting such violation as a violation of
the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Ticket scalping
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 774 of Title 15, unless there is
created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follow s:
As used in this act:
1. “Admission ticket” means evidence of a right of entry to a
venue or an entertainment event ;
2. “Event” means a concert, thea trical performance, sporting
event, exhibition, show, or other similar ac tivity held in this
state;
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3. “Initial sale” means the first sale of an admission ticket
by the ticket seller, which may include the distribution of
admission tickets under an agree ment between the ticker seller and
the recipient;
4. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, other organization, or any combination
thereof;
5. “Place of entertainment ” means any privately or publicly
owned or operated entertainment facility within this state, such as
a theater, stadium, museum, arena, park, racetrack, or other place
where concerts, theatrical performances, sporting events,
exhibitions, shows, or other similar ac tivities are held and for
which an entry fee is charged;
6. “Presale” means a sale of admission ticke ts at or below the
price printed on the ticket by, or with the permission of, a ticket
seller, prior to their release to the general public;
7. “Promoter” means a person who organizes financing and
publicity for an entertainment event; and
8. “Ticket seller” means a person that makes admi ssion tickets
available, directly or indirectly, at an initial presale or sale to
the general public, and may include an owner or operator of a place
of entertainment, a sponsor or promot er of an event, a sports team
participating in an event, a theater company, a musical group, or
similar participant in an event, or an employee or agent of any such
person.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A n ew section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 774.1 of Title 15, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A person shall not:
1. Use software to circumvent, th wart, interfere with, or evade
a security measure, access control system, or other control measure
on a ticket seller’s Internet website; or
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2. Sell software that is advertised for profit with the express
purpose to circumvent, thwart, inter fere with, or evade a security
measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a
ticket seller’s Internet website.
B. The user or seller shall b e in violation of subsection A of
this section if the user or seller knows or should know that:
1. The purpose of the software is to circumvent, thwart,
interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system,
or other control or measure on a t icket seller’s Internet website in
order to purchase admission tickets during the initial sale or
presale for an event held at a place of entertainment ; or
2. The use of the software led to the admission tickets being
resold on the initial seller’s Internet website or an Internet site
used for the resell of admission tickets for a price above the
admission ticket’s initial cost.
C. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unlawful
business practice and shall be subject to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
SECTION 3. This act shall become ef fective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the Senate the 2nd day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __