HI HCR119

Urges the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of the Attorney General, to investigate and regulate the sale of tickets to live entertainment events under consumer protection authority.

Identifies concerns about ticket distribution practices where holds and pre-sales significantly limit public ticket availability, citing examples: Earth, Wind and Fire (82%), Mariah Carey (93%), and Janet Jackson (92%) concerts all had high percentages of tickets unavailable to general public.

Addresses ticket scalping practices enabled by modern technology, where secondary market profiteers use computer programs to circumvent security measures and purchase large quantities of tickets.

References the federal Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (BOTS Act), which deems automated ticket-purchasing programs as unfair or deceptive acts under federal law, as a model for state enforcement.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Attorney General, and Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Protection.