SB197 Alabama 2018 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
Ticket websites, prohibit unauthorized web developers from creating websites with web addresses containing name of venue, artist, or show
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would prohibit the intentional
creation or operation of event ticketing websites
with domain names that, without authorization,
contain the name of a venue, performing artist,
performance title, exhibition title, or similar
descriptors</p><p class="bill_description">
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general
law whose purpose or effect would be to require a
new or increased expenditure of local funds from
becoming effective with regard to a local
governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote
unless: it comes within one of a number of
specified exceptions; it is approved by the
affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates
funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to
the entity for the purpose</p><p class="bill_description">
The purpose or effect of this bill would be
to require a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of the amendment. However,
the bill does not require approval of a local
governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to
become effective because it comes within one of the
specified exceptions contained in the amendment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to ticket websites; to prohibit the
intentional creation or operation of event ticketing websites
with domain names that, without authorization, contain the
name of a venue, performing artist, performance title,
exhibition title, or similar descriptors; and in connection
therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement
of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the
meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as
amended.
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Subjects
Venue
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 22, 2018 | H | Pending third reading on day 15 Favorable from Commerce and Small Business |
| February 22, 2018 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| January 30, 2018 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business |
| January 30, 2018 | S | Engrossed |
| January 30, 2018 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 197 |
| January 30, 2018 | S | Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 196 |
| January 30, 2018 | S | Smitherman Amendment Offered |
| January 30, 2018 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| January 25, 2018 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| January 18, 2018 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism and Marketing |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | February 21, 2018 | Room 123 at 15:00 | House C&SB Hearing |
| Hearing | February 14, 2018 | Room 123 at 15:00 | House C&SB Hearing |
| Hearing | January 24, 2018 | Room 727 - (TIME CHANGE) at 11:30 | Senate T&M Hearing |
| Hearing | January 24, 2018 | Room 727 at 00:00 | Senate T&M Hearing |
| Hearing | February 22, 2017 | Room 325 at 13:30 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB197 Alabama 2018 Session - Introduced |