Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Jun 20, 2019 |
committed to rules |
May 06, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
May 01, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 30, 2019 |
1st report cal.500 |
Jan 18, 2019 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S2003
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S2003 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7039
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §25.06, Arts & Cul L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S838, A9637
2015-2016: S571, A8508
2017-2018: S1848, S7011, A4612
2021-2022: S356, A2028
2019-S2003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2003 REVISED 04/29/19 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the resale of tickets issued at no charge SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 makes it unlawful to resell any ticket to an event originally offered to the public at no charge. JUSTIFICATION: There have been numerous reports of unscrupulous ticket scalpers in New York State obtaining tickets that were originally offered for free and reselling them for profit to the highest bidder. Events affected by such practices include shows such as Shakespeare in the Park put on by the Public Theater in New York City, and even a procession through Central Park by Pope Francis in 2014. The intent behind offering free tickets to events is to preserve the
2019-S2003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2003 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to the resale of tickets issued at no charge THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a new section 25.06 to read as follows: § 25.06. RESALE OF TICKETS ISSUED AT NO CHARGE. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION TO RESELL OR OFFER TO RESELL ANY TICKET OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF RIGHT OF ENTRY TO ANY PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT IF THE TICKET WAS INITIALLY OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that section 25.06 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by section one of this act, shall survive the expiration and reversion of article 25 of such law as provided in section 4 of chapter 704 of the laws of 1991, as amended. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00257-01-9
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