104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4984
 
Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 414/0.5 new
815 ILCS 414/1.6 new
    Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Provides that a ticket seller or ticket reseller shall display the full price of a ticket, including all assessed fees, to a consumer when the price of a ticket is first shown to the consumer and shall not increase that price during the transaction with the consumer. Provides that a ticket reseller shall not sell or offer to sell a ticket that the ticket reseller does not possess or have a contract to purchase. Provides that the Attorney General shall set up a complaint system for consumers to report violations. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by 
5adding Sections 0.5 and 1.6 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 414/0.5 new)
7    Sec. 0.5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Reseller" or "ticket reseller" means a person engaged in 
9the resale of tickets.
10    "Seller" or "ticket seller" means a person who has the 
11right to sell a ticket prior to or at the primary sale of the 
12ticket, including the event organizer or a person that 
13provides services to conduct or facilitate the primary sale of 
14tickets by or on behalf of the event organizer.
15    "Ticket" means a physical, electronic, or other form of a 
16certificate, document, voucher, token, or other evidence 
17indicating that a person has the right to be admitted to an 
18event.
 
19    (815 ILCS 414/1.6 new)
20    Sec. 1.6. Consumer protections for ticket sales.
21    (a) A ticket seller or ticket reseller shall display the 
22full price of a ticket, including all assessed fees, to a 
 
 
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1consumer when the price of a ticket is first shown to the 
2consumer and shall not increase that price during the 
3transaction with the consumer, except that physical delivery 
4costs and any taxes imposed by this State or a unit of local 
5government shall be added to the total price of a ticket when 
6the consumer provides an address to the ticket seller or 
7ticket reseller.
8    (b) A ticket reseller shall not sell or offer to sell a 
9ticket that the ticket reseller does not possess or have a 
10contract to purchase. This subsection does not apply to a 
11ticket procurement service that makes a clear and conspicuous 
12disclosure to the consumer concerning the nature of the 
13service being provided to the consumer.
14    (c) The Attorney General shall establish a system for 
15consumers to submit reports concerning violations of this 
16Section. The Attorney General shall review the submitted 
17reports for enforcement of this Section.