A 8659 — Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales
Congress · introduced 2025-05-23
Enacts into law components of legislation that relate to live event ticket sales; establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets (Part A); provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket (Part B); relates to resale requirements for tickets; requires that if a licensee or other ticket reseller doesn't have possession of the ticket, then they shall have a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person or entity in possession of the ticket or from a person or entity who has a contractual right to obtain such ticket, and tickets to the event have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent before the licensee or reseller can advertise the sale of the tickets (Part C); relates to unlawful charges in connection with tickets; permits reasonable charges for costs actually rendered or otherwise in connection to customer support, technological and software infrastructure, and actual operational costs for sales away from the box office; defines terms (Part D); relates to the availability of tickets for sale to the general public; defines a term (Part E); relates to the resale of tickets included in a subscription or season ticket package (Part F); extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to tickets to places of entertainment (Part G).
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Ron Kim (—, NY-40) — sponsor · 2025-05-23
- Robert C. Carroll (—, NY-44) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Anna Kelles (—, NY-125) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Linda Rosenthal (—, NY-67) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Emily Gallagher (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Harvey Epstein (—, NY-74) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Jonathan Jacobson (—, NY-104) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Deborah Glick (—, NY-66) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Micah Lasher (—, NY-69) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Sarah Clark (—, NY-136) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Sarahana Shrestha (—, NY-103) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Erik Dilan (—, NY-54) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Karen McMahon (—, NY-146) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Harry B. Bronson (—, NY-138) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Didi Barrett (—, NY-106) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- William Conrad (—, NY-140) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Jen Lunsford (—, NY-135) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Albert A. Stirpe (—, NY-127) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- William Magnarelli (—, NY-129) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Andrew Hevesi (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Yudelka Tapia (—, NY-86) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- MaryJane Shimsky (—, NY-92) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Stefani Zinerman (—, NY-56) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Christopher Eachus (—, NY-99) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
- Steven Raga (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-05-23
Action timeline
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Inbound (26)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | William Magnarelli | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Linda Rosenthal | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Deborah Glick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Sarah Clark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Anna Kelles | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Sarahana Shrestha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Jonathan Jacobson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Ron Kim | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Didi Barrett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Yudelka Tapia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Christopher Eachus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | MaryJane Shimsky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Albert A. Stirpe | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Erik Dilan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Micah Lasher | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Robert C. Carroll | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Harry B. Bronson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Emily Gallagher | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | William Conrad | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Karen McMahon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Andrew Hevesi | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Stefani Zinerman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Jen Lunsford | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Harvey Epstein | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-23 | Steven Raga | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Kim (—, state_lower NY-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Albert A. Stirpe (—, state_lower NY-127) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Hevesi (—, state_lower NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Anna Kelles (—, state_lower NY-125) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Christopher Eachus (—, state_lower NY-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Deborah Glick (—, state_lower NY-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Didi Barrett (—, state_lower NY-106) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Emily Gallagher (—, state_lower NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Erik Dilan (—, state_lower NY-54) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Harry B. Bronson (—, state_lower NY-138) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jen Lunsford (—, state_lower NY-135) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Jonathan Jacobson (—, state_lower NY-104) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Karen McMahon (—, state_lower NY-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Linda Rosenthal (—, state_lower NY-67) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Micah Lasher (—, state_lower NY-69) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Robert C. Carroll (—, state_lower NY-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Sarah Clark (—, state_lower NY-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Sarahana Shrestha (—, state_lower NY-103) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Stefani Zinerman (—, state_lower NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Steven Raga (—, state_lower NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | William Conrad (—, state_lower NY-140) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | William Magnarelli (—, state_lower NY-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Yudelka Tapia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Harry B. Bronson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Sarah Clark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Linda Rosenthal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Anna Kelles (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jen Lunsford (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by William Conrad (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · sponsored by Ron Kim (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Karen McMahon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Stefani Zinerman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jonathan Jacobson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Christopher Eachus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Sarahana Shrestha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Albert A. Stirpe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Deborah Glick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Micah Lasher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Erik Dilan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by William Magnarelli (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Didi Barrett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Robert C. Carroll (cosponsor) · sponsorship