Bill 63 explained in plain English
Stop Ripping Off Fans Act (Ticket Resale Price Caps), 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill proposes to amend the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to cap the resale price of tickets on the secondary market at 50 per cent above the original face value.
Bill 63, also known as the Stop Ripping Off Fans Act (Ticket Resale Price Caps), 2025, aims to change how tickets are resold in Ontario. It proposes to limit the resale price of tickets on the secondary market. Specifically, it would prohibit reselling a ticket for more than 50 per cent above its original face value, not including taxes. The bill also states it will come into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to add a new provision regarding ticket resale prices.
- Prohibits making a ticket available for sale or facilitating the sale of a ticket on the secondary market for an amount that exceeds the ticket's face value by more than 50 per cent, excluding applicable taxes.
- Amends an existing subsection in the Act to specify that the resale price can be "by not more than 50 per cent" above the ticket's face value.
- Sets the short title of the Act as the Stop Ripping Off Fans Act (Ticket Resale Price Caps), 2025.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals or entities selling tickets on the secondary market.
- Consumers purchasing tickets on the secondary market.
- The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario.
- No person shall make a ticket available for sale on the secondary market or facilitate the sale of a ticket on the secondary market for an amount that exceeds the ticket's face value by more than 50 per cent, excluding applicable taxes and fees.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what happens if a ticket is resold for an amount exceeding the face value by 50 per cent, or what penalties may apply. It also does not define 'secondary market' or 'facilitate the sale'.
- The bill does not explicitly state who is responsible for enforcing these provisions or what the penalties are for non-compliance.
This bill amends the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to introduce restrictions on the resale price of tickets on the secondary market.
Source: Section 1
A new subsection is added to Section 2 of the Act to prohibit selling tickets on the secondary market for more than 50 per cent above their face value (excluding taxes).
Source: Section 1 (1)
This subsection is amended to clarify the percentage by which a ticket's face value can be exceeded in resale.
Source: Section 1 (2)
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