Bill Text: IL SB3602 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Prohibition on Bots Purchasing Tickets Act. Provides that a person shall not use or create a bot or employ any other method to: (1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an 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. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General. Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Prohibits a ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller from using a name, graphic, logo, image, or other intellectual property of, or stating or implying that the ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller is affiliated with, an artist, team, event venue, or event organizer without express written consent. Provides that an operator of a venue 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3602 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3602-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3602 Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
815 ILCS 414/1.6 new
Creates the Prohibition on Bots Purchasing Tickets Act. Provides that a person shall not use or create a bot or employ any other method to: (1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an 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. Provides for enforcement by the Attorney General. Amends the Ticket Sale and Resale Act. Prohibits a ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller from using a name, graphic, logo, image, or other intellectual property of, or stating or implying that the ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller is affiliated with, an artist, team, event venue, or event organizer without express written consent. Provides that an operator of a venue 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.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
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, or employ any
other method, to:
(1) purchase tickets in excess of posted limits for an
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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.
"URL" means a uniform resource locator for a website on
the Internet.
(b) A ticket resale marketplace or ticket reseller shall
not:
(1) use a name, graphic, logo, image, or other
intellectual property of an artist, team, event venue, or
event organizer, including any proprietary resemblance, in
its promotional materials, social media promotions, paid
advertising, or URLs, in a manner that could reasonably be
expected to mislead a consumer as to the identity of the
seller when buying a ticket, unless it has the express
written consent of the artist, team, event venue, or event
organizer; or
(2) state or imply that the ticket resale marketplace,

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ticket reseller, or its website is affiliated with or
endorsed by an artist, team, event venue, or event
organizer, including by using words like "official" in
promotional materials, social media promotions, search
engine optimization or monetization, paid advertising, or
URLs, unless it has the express written consent of the
artist, team, event venue, or event organizer.
(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.