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Bill 94, Putting Fans First Act (No Ticket Resales Above Face Value), 2026

Rakocevic, Tom

Glover, Chris

Mamakwa, Sol

Wong-Tam, Kristyn

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First Reading Ordered for Second Reading

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 . The new

subsection 2 (0.1) provides that 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. A

consequential amendment is made to subsection 2 (1).

Bill 94 2026

Act to amend the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to provide that tickets cannot be resold

at an amount above face value

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Section 2 of the Ticket Sales Act, 2017

is amended by adding the following subsection:

Prohibition

on ticket sales above face value

(0.1) 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,

including any applicable fees or service charges but excluding any applicable

taxes, that exceeds the ticket’s face value.

(2) Subsection

2 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “for a total amount, including any

applicable fees or service charges but excluding any applicable taxes, that

exceeds the ticket’s face value” in the portion before paragraph 1.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Putting Fans First Act

(No Ticket Resales Above Face Value), 2026 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 23, 2026

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

March 23, 2026

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

March 23, 2026

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading