Consumer protection: other; certain uses of automated programs to purchase event tickets online; prohibit, the official text

Act
No. 50

Public
Acts of 2025

Approved
by the Governor

December
23, 2025

Filed
with the Secretary of State

December
23, 2025

EFFECTIVE
DATE:  Sine Die

(91st day after final adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session)

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2025

Introduced by Senators Cavanagh, Shink, Damoose,
McMorrow, Victory, Klinefelt, Polehanki, Geiss, Bayer and Irwin

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 158

AN ACT to regulate the online
sale of tickets for entertainment events; and to prohibit the use of a bot to
make certain purchases for tickets for entertainment events.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the “event
online ticket sales act”.

Sec. 3. As used in this act:

(a)
“Bot” means an automated software application programmed to perform automatic
and repetitive tasks and that is designed to impersonate or replicate human
activity online.

(b)
“Entertainment event” means a concert, theatrical performance, sporting
event, exhibition, show, or similar scheduled activity held in this state that
meets all of the following:

(i) Is open to the public.

(ii) Is held in a public or private venue.

(iii) Charges an admission
fee to attend.

(c)
“Person” means any of the following:

(i) An individual.

(ii) A sole proprietorship, partnership,
association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity.

(iii) A combination of persons described in
subparagraphs (i) and (ii).

(d)
“Ticket” means a physical, electronic, or other form of a certificate,
voucher, document, token, or other evidence indicating that the person entitled
to possession through purchase or otherwise has a right to enter a venue for an entertainment event at the date and
time specified on the ticket.

(e)
“Ticket purchasing limit” means the
posted limit stating the number of tickets a
person may purchase for a specific entertainment event during an online ticket
sale.

Sec. 5. A person shall not use or create a bot to do any of the following:

(a) Purchase an amount of tickets for an entertainment event in
excess of the ticket purchasing limit.

(b)
Use multiple internet protocol addresses, purchaser accounts, or email
addresses to purchase an amount of tickets for an entertainment event in excess
of the ticket purchasing limit.

(c)
Circumvent or disable an electronic queue, waiting period, presale code,
or other sales volume limitation system associated with an online ticket sale.

(d)
Circumvent or disable a security measure, access control system, or other
control or measure that is used to validate that a ticket is not
fraudulent.

Enacting
section 1. This act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4262 of the
103rd Legislature is enacted into law.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor