Bipartisan act seeks end to ticket scalping bots
NY Post
(The Center Square) – Ticket bot operators could be in trouble based on Michigan’s proposed new “Taylor Swift” bills that would combat ticket reselling schemes as seen during the artist’s recent Eras Tour.
House bills 5661-5662 would allow the attorney general’s office to pursue those guilty of violating ticket purchase limits with a fine of $5,000 per ticket.
The bipartisan legislation is co-sponsored by Rep. Graham Filler, R-Duplain Township, and Rep. Mike McFall, D-Hazel Park.
“This affects anyone that goes to buy tickets,” McFall said.
“You’re a family, you go to buy tickets and you can’t afford to buy the tickets because now they’re on a resale site at a much higher price, often priced out of reach for families.”
After passing in the House Regulatory Reform Committee, the bills will now move to the full House.
