Following the passage of anti-scalping laws in D.C., Vermont, and Maine, Massachusetts has become the latest state to propose a strict limit on ticketing resale prices as well as a straight ban on speculative passes.
Governor Maura Healey detailed the Bay State’s forthcoming ticketing legislation during a press conference this afternoon. Besides providing a brief (and elaborately presented) video for the event, Noah Kahan inspired the bill’s title, “An Act Relative to Closing the Great Divide Between Ticket Prices and Affordability.”
On top of advocating for ticketing reform, Strafford, Vermont-born Kahan, currently on the road as part of his Great Divide Tour, earlier this month became the first artist to headline four consecutive sold-out nights at Fenway Park, a corresponding press release reiterated.
Though the proposed law’s text doesn’t appear to be publicly available, the measure will cap “the resale price of concert tickets at 110 percent of” face value; limit secondary sites’ service fees to 10%; and prohibit the aforementioned speculative tickets, or those listed for sale despite not being in the seller’s possession, the release indicates.
Finally, the bill will feature “additional consumer protecti
