NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8396

Senate Bill S8396

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends certain provisions relating to allowing artists to set certain rules about the resale of tickets to certain events

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 11, 2025	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1865
Jun 08, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 11, 2025 - Floor Vote
  S8396
  
  57
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2025
      
      aye (57)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Borrello
      
      Brisport
      
      Bynoe
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      nay (2)
      
      Martins
      
      Skoufis
      
      excused (4)
      
      Brouk
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Sutton
  Jun 11, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8396
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 11, 2025
      
      aye (18)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      excused (1)
      
      Myrie

2025-S8396 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8802
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Arts and Cultural Affairs
Laws Affected:: Amd §4, Chap 704 of 1991; amd §11, Chap 151 of 2010

2025-S8396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends certain provisions relating to allowing artists to set certain rules about the resale of tickets to certain events to June 30, 2026.

2025-S8396 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8396
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending  the  arts  and
   cultural  affairs  law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to
   regulation of boxing and wrestling  matches  relating  to  tickets  to
   places  of entertainment, and chapter 151 of the laws of 2010 amending
   the arts and cultural affairs law relating to  resale  of  tickets  to
   places  of  entertainment,  in relation to extending the effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 4 of chapter 704 of the laws of 1991 amending the
 arts and cultural affairs law and chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relat-
 ing to the regulation of boxing and wrestling matches relating to  tick-
 ets  to  places  of  entertainment, as amended by section 1 of part F of
 chapter 358 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law, provided, chapter 61 of the laws of 2007 shall not
 take effect with respect to the issuance  of  licenses  or  certificates
 under  this  article  by  the  secretary of state or department of state
 until January 1, 2008 and regulation under this article by  the  commis-
 sioners  of  licenses  of  the political subdivisions of the state shall
 continue through December 31, 2007, and shall remain in full  force  and
 effect only until and including June 30, [2025] 2026 when such act shall
 be  repealed  and  when, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 provisions of article 25 of title G of the  arts  and  cultural  affairs
 law,  repealed by such act, shall be reinstituted; provided further that
 section 25.11 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by  section
 one  of this act, shall survive such repeal date. Provided, however, the
 printing on tickets required pursuant to sections  25.07  and  25.08  of
 article  25  of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added by this act,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13253-02-5

 S. 8396                             2
 
 shall not apply to tickets printed prior to enactment of such article so
 long as notice of the higher maximum premium price  and  prohibition  of
 sales  within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical structure
 of   the  place  of  entertainment,  where  applicable,  is  prominently
 displayed at the point of sale and at such place of entertainment.
   § 2.  Section 11 of chapter 151 of the laws of 2010, amending the arts
 and cultural affairs law relating to resale  of  tickets  to  places  of
 entertainment,  as  amended by section 2 of part F of chapter 358 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  article  5  of  the  general
 construction  law, if this act shall take effect after May 15, 2010, the
 provisions of article 25 of the arts and cultural  affairs  law,  except
 section  25.11  are  hereby revived and shall continue in full force and
 effect as they existed on May 15, 2010 through June 30, [2025] 2026 when
 upon such date such provisions shall expire and be deemed repealed.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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