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A 8659Enacts 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

Action timeline

  1. · assembly REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
  2. · assembly REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

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Inbound (26)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-05-23William Magnarellicosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Linda Rosenthalcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Deborah Glickcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Sarah Clarkcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Anna Kellescosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Sarahana Shresthacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Jo Anne Simoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Jonathan Jacobsoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Ron Kimsponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Didi Barrettcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Yudelka Tapiacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Christopher Eachuscosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23MaryJane Shimskycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Albert A. Stirpecosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Erik Dilancosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Micah Lashercosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Robert C. Carrollcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Harry B. Bronsoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Emily Gallaghercosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23William Conradcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Karen McMahoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Andrew Hevesicosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Stefani Zinermancosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Jen Lunsfordcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Harvey Epsteincosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-05-23Steven Ragacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Ron Kim (, state_lower NY-40)sponsor05
2Albert A. Stirpe (, state_lower NY-127)cosponsor01
3Andrew Hevesi (, state_lower NY-28)cosponsor01
4Anna Kelles (, state_lower NY-125)cosponsor01
5Christopher Eachus (, state_lower NY-99)cosponsor01
6Deborah Glick (, state_lower NY-66)cosponsor01
7Didi Barrett (, state_lower NY-106)cosponsor01
8Emily Gallagher (, state_lower NY-50)cosponsor01
9Erik Dilan (, state_lower NY-54)cosponsor01
10Harry B. Bronson (, state_lower NY-138)cosponsor01
11Harvey Epstein (, state_lower NY-74)cosponsor01
12Jen Lunsford (, state_lower NY-135)cosponsor01
13Jo Anne Simon (, state_lower NY-52)cosponsor01
14Jonathan Jacobson (, state_lower NY-104)cosponsor01
15Karen McMahon (, state_lower NY-146)cosponsor01
16Linda Rosenthal (, state_lower NY-67)cosponsor01
17MaryJane Shimsky (, state_lower NY-92)cosponsor01
18Micah Lasher (, state_lower NY-69)cosponsor01
19Robert C. Carroll (, state_lower NY-44)cosponsor01
20Sarah Clark (, state_lower NY-136)cosponsor01
21Sarahana Shrestha (, state_lower NY-103)cosponsor01
22Stefani Zinerman (, state_lower NY-56)cosponsor01
23Steven Raga (, state_lower NY-30)cosponsor01
24William Conrad (, state_lower NY-140)cosponsor01
25William Magnarelli (, state_lower NY-129)cosponsor01

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.

  1. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Yudelka Tapia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Harry B. Bronson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Sarah Clark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Linda Rosenthal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Anna Kelles (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jen Lunsford (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by William Conrad (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-05-23 · sponsored by Ron Kim (sponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Karen McMahon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Stefani Zinerman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Jonathan Jacobson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Christopher Eachus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Sarahana Shrestha (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Albert A. Stirpe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Deborah Glick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Micah Lasher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Erik Dilan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by William Magnarelli (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Didi Barrett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  25. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  26. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored by Robert C. Carroll (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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