House Bill 3167

<b>Digest: Says a person may not sell or use software to get around a ticket seller's or reseller's efforts to sell tickets fairly. Says a person may not use a domain name that is too much like the name of an operator or venue without an okay from the operator or venue. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b> [<i>Digest: Says that a ticket seller must tell a buyer the total price for a ticket and certain information before selling a ticket for an event. Says that a reseller must have a ticket before it can sell the ticket. Sets certain other requirements for ticket sales. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.5).</i>] Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets. [<i>Prohibits a person from offering or selling an admission ticket to a retail purchaser unless the person discloses the initial price and total price of the admission ticket before requiring the purchaser to provide payment information. Requires the seller to make additional disclosures.</i>] Prohibits a person from<b> willfully</b> using, without prior authorization, an Internet domain name or subdomain name that names a venue, names an entertainment event or a person that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event or<b> is substantially similar to the name of the venue, of the entertainment event or the person or entity that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event. Prohibits a person from publishing or causing another person to publish a website that has or</b> uses text, images, graphics, a design or other material that is<b> so</b> substantially similar to the intellectual property of an operator or venue<b> as to mislead a reasonable visitor to the website into believing that the website is affiliated with the operator or venue</b>. [<i>Prohibits a reseller from selling or offering for resale an admission ticket unless the reseller has actual or constructive possession of the admission ticket and makes certain disclosures before completing the sale.</i>] Punishes violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

In the House of Representatives

• Pam Marsh

  Sponsor

• Rob Nosse, Kevin Mannix, Ben Bowman, Cyrus Javadi

  Chief co-sponsors

In the Senate

• Jeff Golden

  Sponsor

• House of Representatives, third reading40–16

  Passed · Apr 21 · 4 present

• Senate, third reading21–0

  Passed · Jun 11 · 9 present

• House of Representatives, concurrence37–3

  Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 13 · 20 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Apr 14

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Jun 3

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In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Apr 21

1. Jan 13Introduced
2. Jan 17Sent to Commerce and Consumer Protection
3. Mar 11Heard in Commerce and Consumer Protection
4. Apr 8Heard in Commerce and Consumer Protection
5. Apr 14Commerce and Consumer Protection recommended it as amended
6. Apr 15Read a second time
7. Apr 21Passed the House of Representatives, 40 to 16

In the Senate Apr 22 – Jun 11

1. Apr 22Arrived in the Senate
2. Sent to Judiciary
3. Apr 28Heard in Judiciary
4. May 2Judiciary reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Labor and Business
5. Sent to Labor and Business
6. May 8Heard in Labor and Business
7. May 13Heard in Labor and Business
8. May 15Heard in Labor and Business
9. May 22Heard in Labor and Business
10. Jun 3Labor and Business recommended it as amended
11. Jun 4Read a second time
12. Jun 11Passed the Senate, 21 to 0

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 13 – Jun 17

1. Jun 13The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments and passed it again, 37 to 3
2. Jun 17Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Jun 17 – Jul 25

1. Jun 17Signed in the Senate
2. Jun 24Signed by the Governor
3. Jul 25Became chapter 390 of Oregon Laws 2025, in force from January 1, 2026