Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3510: Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: Stops people from using ways of buying up tickets to events that evade a ticket seller's security or limit on the number of tickets a person can buy. Says that a reseller must have a ticket before it can sell the ticket. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Prohibits knowingly or intentionally selling or offering for sale admission tickets that a person obtains by using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event. Prohibits a reseller from selling or offering for resale an admission ticket unless the reseller has actual or constructive possession of the admission ticket and makes certain disclosures before completing the sale. Punishes violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646A.115.
From the introduced text, February 3, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646A.115. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 646A.115 is amended to read: 646A.115. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Admission ticket" means evidence of a purchaser's right of entry to a venue or an entertainment event. (b) "Affiliated" means a person's having control of, being controlled by or under common control with another person. [(b)] (c) "Entertainment event" means a performance, recreation, amusement, diversion, spectacle, show or similar event including, but not limited to, a theatrical or musical performance, concert, film, game, ride or sporting event that occurs in this state. (d) "Initial sale" means a ticket seller's first sale of an admission ticket to a retail purchaser. [(c)] (e) "Operator" means a person that owns, operates or controls a venue or that produces or promotes an entertainment event, or the person's agent or employee. (f) "Promoter" means a person that organizes financing or publicity for an entertainment event, or the person's agent or employee. [(d)] (g) "Resale" means a sale other than a ticket seller's or an operator's initial sale of an admission ticket for a venue that is located in or an entertainment event that occurs in this …
Sponsors
- Emerson Levy (D, 53) · primary sponsor
- Todd Nash (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Lew Frederick (D, 22)
- Diane Linthicum (R, 28)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Subjects: Commerce and Consumer Protection
Common questions
- What is HB3510?
- HB3510 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events.
- What does HB3510 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646A.115.
- What is the status of HB3510?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3510?
- Emerson Levy (D, 53), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3510?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3510
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.