District of Columbia legislation · 26th Council
District of Columbia B224: Restricting Egregious Scalping Against Live Entertainment (RESALE) Amendment Act of 2025
Status: Signed into law, October 16, 2026
As introduced, Bill 26-224 would cap the price of tickets sold on a secondary ticket platform at an increase of 10% of the total price of the initial ticket and ban the sale of speculative tickets. It requires resellers that sell over a certain amount of tickets to register and provide certain information to the Department of Licensing and consumer Protection. It lays out refunding policy, “all in” pricing, establishes procedures for transferability of tickets and among other things also requires the Mayor to issue rules to implement provisions governing the registration of resellers. FISCAL NOTE - This bill was passed Subject to Appropriations. Bill fully funded via Act 26-416. Please see Fiscal Impact Statement and Funding Certification Letter for more information.
What the bill says
To amend Title 28ofthe District ofColumbia Official Code to protect artists, venues, and consumers in the Districtfrom unfairand deceptivepractices inlive event ticketpurchases by clarifyingaticket issuer's, reseller's, and secondary ticketexchange's existing consumer protectionobligation underChapter39, like in all industries, toclearly and conspicuously disclose upfront certain informationregarding ticketpricing, to prescribe procedures governing the provision ofrefunds, toprohibit the saleofspeculative tickets, to prohibit a ticket issuer from restricting thetransferability of a ticket unle.
From the enrolled text, August 10, 2026:
To amend Title 28ofthe District ofColumbia Official Code to protect artists, venues, and consumers in the Districtfrom unfairand deceptivepractices inlive event ticketpurchases by clarifyingaticket issuer's, reseller's, and secondary ticketexchange's existing consumer protectionobligation underChapter39, like in all industries, toclearly and conspicuously disclose upfront certain informationregarding ticketpricing, to prescribe procedures governing the provision ofrefunds, toprohibit the saleofspeculative tickets, to prohibit a ticket issuer from restricting thetransferability of a ticket unless the terms and conditionson transferability are clearly disclosedtothe consumerpriorto purchase, to permitticketissuers to maintain andenforce policiesandconditions orrequirementsfor ticket purchase withrespect to conduct, behavior,public health and safety, or age at the venue orevent, and establish limits ontheamount oftickets that can bepurchased,to require a ticketissuer or secondary ticket exchange to maintain reasonabletechnology to prevent anymachine, device, computerprogram, or computer software, with or without human assistance, from bypassing security measures oraccess control systems designed to limitthe numberoftickets that can be purchased by a person on a marketplace for initial purchase or secondary ticketexchange, to require the Mayorto issuerules, andto provide for civil penalties ; andto amend Chapter 28 ofTitle 47ofthe District ofColumbia Official Codetorequirea reseller thatresells oroffers to resell 50 ormore ticketsa yearto obtain a license and maintaina suretybondof$25,000, to clarifythat secondary ticket exchanges shall obtain a basic business license, and to outline licensingandreporting requirements for the Department ofLicensing and ConsumerProtection, resellers, and secondary ticket …