Ticket sellers: equitable ticket buying process: use or sale of services.
Existing law defines a ticket seller for specified purposes to mean a person who for compensation, commission, or otherwise sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell software to circumvent a security control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process. Existing law makes a violation of the laws regulating ticket sellers a misdemeanor.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 1032
California AB 1032 (20192020)
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Ticket sellers: equitable ticket buying process: use or sale of services.
California AB 1032 (20192020) — Ticket sellers: equitable ticket buying process: use or sale of services.
Existing law defines a ticket seller for specified purposes to mean a person who for compensation, commission, or otherwise sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theater, or any other entertainment event. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell software to circumvent a security control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process. Existing law makes a violation of the laws regulating ticket sellers a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1032 Quirk Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1032 Quirk By Pan — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1591.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-06-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1871.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d2631a9-e217-4a9a-aced-e68208d640b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).