# H.R. 1402 (119th): Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act or the TICKET Act

Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act or the TICKET Act This bill requires ticket sellers (including sellers on the secondary market) for concerts, performances, sporting events, and similar activities to clearly and prominently disclose the total ticket price for the event at the time the ticket is first displayed to an individual (and anytime thereafter during the purchasing process). Prior to completing a purchase, ticket sellers also must provide an itemized list of the base ticket price and each fee (e.g., service fee, processing fee, or other charge). The total ticket price must also be disclosed in any advertisement, marketing, or price list. Additionally, a ticket seller, secondary market seller, or ticket exchange that does not have actual or constructive possession of an event ticket is prohibited from selling or advertising a ticket for the event. However, a secondary market seller or exchange may sell or advertise a service to obtain an event ticket for an individual if the seller or exchange (1) does not market the service as an event ticket, (2) maintains a clear separation between the provided service and the event tickets throughout the entire purchasing process, and (3) clearly discloses that the service is not an event ticket. The bill establishes additional disclosure requirements for ticket sellers, secondary market sellers, and ticket exchanges, and requires such entities to issue a refund for the total ticket price if an event is canceled or postponed. The Federal Trade Commission must enforce these requirements.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: consumer_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: honest_commerce. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: price_transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: ticketing. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 107: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure mainly advances honest disclosure, refund fairness, and enforceable consumer protection in ticket sales, which are ordinary prudential goods tied to truthful commerce. It is not directly protecting life, children, or liberty from a named evil. Reasonable disputes remain over regulatory burden, enforcement design, and how the secondary-market service carve-out operates, so the classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The bill bears on honest dealing in commerce. Scripture condemns deceptive weights and measures and calls for truthful, just exchange (Proverbs 11:1; Leviticus 19:35-36). Requiring clear and complete price disclosure and refunds for canceled events addresses whether buyers are told the truth about what they are paying. This is an issue-relevance note, not a final candidate judgment on the bill.

## Recorded votes

Roll 107: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 409 · Nay 15 · Other 9.

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