Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB505

Introduced
2/11/26  

Caption

Prohibiting certain conduct in connection with the sale or resale of entertainment tickets and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.

Impact

If enacted, SB505 would directly affect state laws governing consumer protection in relation to ticket sales. By criminalizing deceptive practices in this domain, the bill seeks to create a fairer environment for consumers and discourage fraudulent activities that may arise in ticket sales, particularly in the resale market. This could lead to increased accountability among ticket sellers and ticket platforms, potentially enhancing consumer confidence in purchasing tickets for entertainment events.

Summary

SB505 aims to regulate the sale and resale of entertainment tickets by prohibiting certain conduct associated with these transactions. The bill defines specific deceptive acts related to ticket sales, making violations subject to penalties under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. This legislative move is intended to protect consumers from practices that may exploit their purchasing of entertainment tickets, ensuring fairer market conditions within the ticketing landscape.

Contention

Discussions surrounding SB505 may involve debates over the extent of regulation in what has traditionally been a loosely governed sector. Proponents argue that the bill is essential in curbing rampant scalping and deceptive practices, aiming to level the playing field for consumers. Conversely, opponents may raise concerns about the implications of such regulations on the secondary market and whether they could inadvertently limit access to tickets or increase prices due to restricted resale options.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

Similar Bills

OR HB2743

Relating to adult entertainment establishments; prescribing an effective date.

WI AB569

Requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty. (FE)

WI SB572

Requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty. (FE)

IA HF38

A bill for an act authorizing cities to establish self-supported entertainment areas.(See HF 760, HF 1051.)

IA HF760

A bill for an act authorizing cities to establish self-supported entertainment areas.(Formerly HF 38; See HF 1051.)

NJ A4100

Concerns certain streaming services and public broadcasting funding.

MA S2556

To modernize funding for community media programming

MA H106

To modernize funding for community media programming