HB3145 creates the Ticket Sale and Resale Act of 2025 and replaces the existing Ticket Sale and Resale Act. The bill is a broad overhaul of Illinois ticketing law aimed at regulating how tickets are sold, resold, advertised, and refunded. It requires primary sellers, issuers, resellers, and secondary ticket exchanges to disclose the full ticket price and itemized fees upfront, along with seat information where applicable, and it bars speculative ticket sales. It also restricts certain pre-sales and fan club pre-sale activity by resellers and affiliated exchanges unless authorized by the promoter, venue, or artist.
The bill further imposes a regulatory framework on higher-volume resellers. Any person or entity reselling 100 or more tickets in a year above original price must register with the Secretary of State, provide identifying and business information, maintain a surety bond, and submit periodic sales reports. The Secretary of State would maintain a public list of registered resellers, conduct audits, accept violation reports through a public website, and issue annual reports to the General Assembly. The bill also sets civil penalties for violations and authorizes revocation of registration for noncompliance. It is effective January 1, 2026.
HB3145 would significantly expand state oversight of the ticket resale market by creating new disclosure, registration, bonding, reporting, and enforcement requirements for ticket sellers and resellers. It would affect primary ticketing platforms, secondary marketplaces, individual resellers, and event organizers, while also giving the Secretary of State new administrative and enforcement responsibilities. The bill would also repeal the prior Ticket Sale and Resale Act and replace it with a more detailed statutory scheme in 815 ILCS 414, with conforming changes throughout related law.
The bill text suggests a consumer-protection and anti-scalping approach, with strong support for transparency, anti-bot enforcement, and remedies for counterfeit or undelivered tickets. Because there are no committee transcripts or recorded votes in the provided material, there is no direct evidence of legislative support or opposition from debate history. Based on the structure of the bill, the overall policy tone is assertive and regulatory, favoring purchasers and event rights holders over resale intermediaries.
The most likely points of contention are the bill’s price cap on resale tickets, the prohibition on speculative ticket sales, and the restrictions on reseller participation in pre-sales and fan club programs. Resellers and secondary ticket exchanges may object to the registration threshold, surety bond requirement, reporting obligations, public disclosure of violations, and substantial civil penalties. Event organizers, artists, and venues are likely to support provisions that protect against bots, deceptive branding, and unauthorized resale, while marketplace operators may argue the bill is overly burdensome or limits legitimate secondary-market activity.