SB 6175 — Ticket sales

Summary

Concerning ticket sales.

Bill Text

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Revised Code of Washington: RCW 19.345.010.

• RCW 19.345.010

  "Admission ticket" means evidence of a right of entry to a venue or an entertainment event. (2) "Place of entertainment" means any privately or publicly owned or operated entertainment facility within this state, such as a theater, stadium, museum, arena, park, racetrack, or other place where concerts, theatrical performances, sporting events, exhibitions, shows, or other similar activities are held and for which an entry fee is charged. (7) "Presale" means a sale of admission tickets at or below the price printed on the ticket by, or with the permission of, a ticket seller, prior to their release to the general public. (8) "Promoter" means a person who organizes financing and publicity for an entertainment event. (9) "Ticket seller" means a person that makes admission tickets available, directly or indirectly, at an initial presale or sale to the general public, and may include an owner or operator of a place of entertainment, a sponsor or promoter of an event, a sports team participating in an event, a fan club or affinity group, a theater company, a musical group, or similar participant in an event, or an employee or agent of any such person → read as follows: The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Affinity group" means an identifiable group of people who are members of the same organization, or who are customers of the same person, and who enjoy special privileges. p. 8 SB 6175 ⟦INS⟧(2) "All-in price" means the total cost of an admission ticket, including all fees and charges that must be paid to purchase the ticket, other than taxes or actual and verifiable shipping costs, such as the fee charged by a third-party postal or courier service for physical delivery, which must be disclosed prior to acceptance of payment. "All-in price" includes all fees for electronic or digital delivery regardless of whether the fee is the sole option or selected by the consumer. The disclosed "all-in price" must be the most prominent price presented to the consumer. (3) "Event" means a concert, theatrical performance, festival, sporting event, exhibition, show, comedy performance, or other similar activity held in this state. (4) "Initial sale" means the first sale of an admission ticket by the primary ticket seller. "Initial sale" also includes the distribution of admission tickets under an agreement between the ticket seller and the recipient. (5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, other organization, or any combination thereof. (6) "Primary ticket seller" means the person or entity that has the initial contractual right to sell the admission tickets for an event directly to the public, which may include the owner or operator of a venue, a promoter, or an authorized agent of the owner, operator, or promoter. (7) "Resale" means the second or subsequent sale of a ticket by any method, including in-person transactions, telephone, mail, email, facsimile, or electronic means through websites or mobile apps. (8) "Reseller" means a person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, other organization, or any combination thereof engaged in the business of the resale of tickets. (9) "Secondary ticket exchange" means an electronic marketplace enabling the sale, purchase, and resale of tickets. (10) "Speculative ticket" means a ticket not in the actual or constructive possession of the reseller at the time of listing, sale, or advertisement. This includes tickets not owned by the reseller or under contract to be transferred to the reseller at the time of sale. (11) "Ticket" means any form of physical, electronic, or other evidence that grants the possessor of the evidence license to enter a place of entertainment or an event. (12) "Ticket issuer" means the person or entity that issues tickets and terms for the ticket buyers, which may include an artist, a band, a promoter, a sports team, a venue, a theater, a club, or a festival. (13) "Ticket resale marketplace" means a person or entity that operates a platform or exchange to facilitate the resale or offering for resale of admission tickets between third parties, which includes platforms or exchanges operating by means of an internet website, application, phone system, or other similar technology, and who does not generally maintain their own ticket inventory, and which may include a ticket seller

  amended

Action History

1. January 15, 2026

   First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development.

Sponsors

• (Lovelett) · Primary

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