OhioOhio ticket sellers would show full prices and seat details
Ticket resellers and online marketplaces would show required fees early, explain key resale terms, and follow rules on how they advertise and sell tickets.
What it does
Resellers and online ticket marketplaces would show required fees with the first displayed price and give buyers an itemized total before checkout.
Resellers and online marketplaces would explain resale pricing, event-checking responsibility, and refund rules, then ask buyers to confirm before checkout. They would send a purchase record after the sale.
Ticket sellers could not sell duplicate copies or hide a ticket's location. Early offers require venue permission and ticket possession, and sellers must have the ticket or a written venue contract.
The attorney general could enforce violations as unfair or deceptive acts under Ohio consumer-protection law. The text does not give individual consumers a private right to sue under these sections.
Argument forBuyers could see mandatory fees earlier and receive event and refund details after a resale, helping them understand what they are paying for.
Argument againstBuyers may find required fee details harder to compare if sellers let them hide or minimize the itemized price breakdown.
More detail
Ticket sellers and online marketplaces would show mandatory fees when they first display a ticket price and provide an itemized total before checkout. This applies to ticket resellers and online ticket marketplaces. Taxes and physical-ticket shipping costs do not have to appear in the first displayed price, but they must be included in the itemized breakdown before purchase. The fees must appear the first time a ticket price is displayed; the itemized breakdown must appear before final purchase.
Ticket sellers and marketplaces would explain resale terms, get buyer confirmation, and send a purchase record. This applies to ticket resellers and online ticket marketplaces selling resale tickets. The notice must say that resale prices may differ from original prices, direct buyers to check with the venue for event changes or cancellations, and show the seller's refund policy. The buyer must confirm the notices before completing a purchase. The seller must send proof of purchase within 24 hours after a resale.
People and ticket businesses would face limits on duplicate, misleadingly located, unauthorized, or improperly obtained ticket sales. These rules cover people, operators, resellers, and online marketplaces dealing in tickets to Ohio entertainment events. The rules bar selling more than one copy of the same ticket and require location details before sale. Early advertising or sales require venue permission and actual or constructive possession, with an exception for a reseller's season-ticket package. The location must be disclosed before a ticket is sold; permission and possession are required before advertising or offering a ticket before public release.
The attorney general could enforce the ticket rules under Ohio's consumer-protection law. This applies to violations of the ticket provisions in sections 1345.53 and 1345.54. The text says these violations are unfair or deceptive acts and gives the attorney general enforcement powers. It does not create an individual consumer's private right to sue under these sections.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Referred to committeeLatest
- Jun 11IntroducedMinor
- Jun 10
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Reported - Substitute
- Jun 9PassedPassed House
- 2025
- Nov 5Referred to committeeMinor
- Oct 29IntroducedIntroduced
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