Bill Amendment: IL SB0318 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: BUSINESS-TECH

Status: 2026-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0474 [SB0318 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0318-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Steve Stadelman

Filed: 5/11/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 318
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 318 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Prohibition on Bots Purchasing Tickets Act.
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "bot" means
any automated software program that performs automatic and
repetitive tasks and is designed to impersonate or replicate
human activity online. "Bot" does not include auto fill or
password management features built into an Internet browser or
provided through separate software.
Section 10. Prohibition on automated online ticket
purchasing.
(a) A person shall not use or create a bot to:
(1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an

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online ticket sale;
(2) use multiple Internet protocol addresses, multiple
purchaser accounts, or multiple email addresses to
purchase tickets in excess of the posted limit for any
single online ticket sale; or
(3) circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting
period, pre-sale code, or other sales volume limitation
system associated with an online ticket sale.
(b) An owner or operator of a place of entertainment that
sells tickets to events, and any agent who conducts or
facilitates those sales, shall report any known violation
described in subsection (a) to the Attorney General within a
reasonable period of time after discovery of the violation.
The report shall include:
(1) a description of the violation;
(2) any available information about the individuals or
entities involved in the violation; and
(3) any measures taken or planned to be taken to
prevent further violations.
Section 15. Enforcement by Attorney General.
(a) The Attorney General may investigate a claim that a
person violated this Act.
(b) If the Attorney General concludes that a person is
violating this Act, the Attorney General may bring an action
in the name of the People of the State to restrain or enjoin

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the person from violating this Act.
(c) In addition to bringing an action for injunctive
relief under this Act, the Attorney General may seek
restitution and petition a circuit court for the assessment of
a civil penalty as provided by this Section.
(d) A person who knowingly violates Section 10 is liable
for a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation.
(e) Every ticket transaction in which a ticket is acquired
to be sold in violation of Section 10 constitutes a separate
violation for purposes of assessing a civil penalty.
(f) The Attorney General may recover all reasonable costs
of bringing an action under this Section, including court
costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and investigation costs.
Section 90. The Ticket Sale and Resale Act is amended by
adding Section 1.6 as follows:
(815 ILCS 414/1.6 new)
Sec. 1.6. Consumer protections for ticket sales.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Operator" means a person that owns, operates, or controls
a place of entertainment or that promotes or produces
entertainment and that sells a ticket to an entertainment
event as the first sale of the ticket.
"Ticket issuer" means any person who makes tickets
available, directly or indirectly, to the general public, and

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may include:
(1) the operator of the venue;
(2) the sponsor or promoter of an event;
(3) a sports team participating in an event or a
league whose teams are participating in an event;
(4) a theater company, musical group, or similar
participant in an event; or
(5) an agent for any such person.
"Ticket resale marketplace" means a person that operates a
platform or exchange for the resale of tickets between third
parties or between the ticket resale marketplace and a third
party. "Ticket resale marketplace" includes a ticket issuer
only to the extent the ticket issuer is acting to facilitate
the resale of tickets between third parties or between the
ticket issuer, acting as a ticket resale marketplace, and a
third party.
"Ticket reseller" means a person engaged in the resale of
tickets.
(b) A ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller shall
not make any false representation that is likely to mislead a
reasonable consumer into believing that the marketplace or
reseller is affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf
of an artist, team, event venue, or event organizer. The use of
an artist, team, venue, or event name solely to identify the
event for which a ticket is offered for resale shall not, by
itself, constitute a violation of this Section.

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(c) An operator or ticket issuer shall disclose the number
of tickets for an event that are withheld from sale any time it
offers tickets for that event for sale.
(d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful
practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted
to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney by the
Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act shall be
available to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney for
the enforcement of this Section.
Section 95. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)
Sec. 2MMMM. Violations of the Ticket Sale and Resale Act.
(a) Any person who violates Section 1.6 of the Ticket Sale
and Resale Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning
of this Act.
(b) The provisions of Section 10a do not apply to a
violation of this Section.".