Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty. (FE)
Amusement Sales Trade practice
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets. Under the bill, sellers and resellers must comply with certain price disclosure requirements, requirements related to refunds, and requirements related to entertainment event ticket transferability. Additionally, resellers may not sell or offer for sale entertainment event tickets not in the actual or constructive possession of the reseller or participate in an unauthorized presale of entertainment event tickets and must comply with certain requirements related to setting resale prices, advertising, and using software to acquire entertainment event tickets for resale.
A person who violates the requirements in the bill may be subject to certain civil forfeitures.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)
24 cosponsors
Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Billings (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Miresse (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 5
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Wall, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Arney, Andraca, Anderson, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Tenorio and Udell
- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
- Oct 28, 2025 · Senate
Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
- Dec 4, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1