HB 1166 Summary

• Caps service charges on event tickets sold by primary and secondary ticket sellers at 50% of the ticket's face value, plus applicable taxes.

• Requires website operators reselling tickets to guarantee full refunds if events are canceled, postponed, purchasers are denied admission, or tickets aren't delivered in time.

• Mandates website operators disclose that they are not the primary ticket seller and that ticket prices may exceed original face value.

• Prohibits selling tickets not in the seller's possession and prohibits using or selling software to circumvent ticket seller security measures (violation is a misdemeanor).

• Repeals previous ticket scalping regulations for boxing contests, mixed martial arts contests, and ticket broker provisions, replacing them with this comprehensive event ticket sales framework ("Bruno Mars Act").