republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-873.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TICKET SCALPING-INTERNET"
description: "Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit a ticket holder from selling a ticket for admission to a baseball game, football game, hockey game, theatre entertainment, or any other amusement for a price more than the price printed on the face of the ticket and for more than the price of the ticket at the box office if the sale is made through an Internet website and certain specified conditions are met. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Illinois HB 873 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81c84d33-330c-4c97-abdd-99ff60b386ce"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=873&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15481&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "bd8624ed08432ac32271141372f0037cb199f2f2a5efb771c856db80420e1f59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 873 (94th) — TICKET SCALPING-INTERNET

Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit a ticket holder from selling a ticket for admission to a baseball game, football game, hockey game, theatre entertainment, or any other amusement for a price more than the price printed on the face of the ticket and for more than the price of the ticket at the box office if the sale is made through an Internet website and certain specified conditions are met. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0873&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15481&DocNum=873&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0873eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15481&DocNum=873&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0873enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15481&DocNum=873&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **31–21** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Consumer Protection Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Consumer Protection Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-003 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2005-04-12** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2005-04-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2005-04-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
- **2005-04-13** Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2005-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-14** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2005-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2005-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-005-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Sullivan
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 006-001-003 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Senator Cullerton removed as chief sponsor, Senator Dillard becomes Chief Sponsor.
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed May 19, 2005
- **2005-05-20** Verified
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 031-021-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2005
- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0020 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81c84d33-330c-4c97-abdd-99ff60b386ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).