Representative Cates’s ticket-scalping bill progresses through committees

Source NM reports on the progress of Representative Cates’s bill expanding the state’s ticket-scalping law beyond college sports, to include arts and nonprofit organizations.

“Co-sponsor Rep. Kathleen Cates (D-Rio Rancho) presented House Bill 26 to the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Committee members voted 4-2 along party lines to pass the bill through committee.

State law regarding ticket scalping – selling tickets at a higher cost than their original price – currently only covers college athletic events. Violation of the law is a misdemeanor charge that carries a $500 fine or imprisonment for less than a year, or both. 

Cates’ bill would expand the law to also include nonprofit organizations, among others.

“Our local arts programs are very important, not just for our culture and our history but also as a revenue generator,” Cates said to the committee.”

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