MAIN Event Ticketing Act
Latest action · Sep 2, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act or the MAIN Event Ticketing Act
This bill expands measures to protect the security and integrity of online ticket sales.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of applications that perform automated tasks to purchase event tickets from online ticket sellers in circumvention of the seller's posted ticket purchasing order rules. This includes using software applications that circumvent access control systems or security measures.
In addition, online ticket sellers must establish, implement, and maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the seller's website or service.
Further, online ticket sellers must report known incidents of circumvention to the Federal Trade Commission and take reasonable steps to address any such incidents.
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of the provisions of this bill (and related prohibitions under current law) and authorizes the commission to bring civil actions for such violations.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies must coordinate as appropriate with the commission to share information about known instances of cyberattacks against the websites or online services used by ticket sellers.
The commission must report to Congress on the status of enforcement actions taken under this bill.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2025Markup Apr 30, 2025Reported Sep 2, 2025 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-57.
- Sep 2, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144.
- Apr 30, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 5, 2025S. 196, MAIN Event Ticketing ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2713 | MAIN Event Ticketing Act | Identical bill | Sep 16, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- MAIN Event Ticketing Act
- Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- MAIN Event Ticketing Act
- Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for Event Ticketing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Reported to Senate
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
