HB 1063 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, providing for online access control measures.

HB 1063 amends Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to prohibit the use of automated software for purchasing event tickets with intent to resell, bypassing sales limits, or disabling security systems. It directly affects ticket sellers (including venues, event organizers, and rights holders) and individuals or companies using bots to acquire tickets for resale. The bill makes these activities illegal, allows affected parties to sue for $1,000 per ticket sold in violation plus attorney fees, and includes exceptions for security research and enforcement activities. The law takes effect 60 days after enactment.

Issues: ✗ Technology

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Nov 2025

House Passage

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action Nov 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1164 → Printer's No. PN2408 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to update its printer number and reflect its progression through the legislative process, including a committee report. Substantively, the law now requires that individuals who unknowingly receive products or services must have 'willfully disregarded' the violation to be held liable, raising the legal standard for enforcement. Additionally, the exemption for security researchers was clarified to explicitly include advancing knowledge in 'computer system security' and assisting in developing security products.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding liability for unknowing recipients of illegal products was narrowed by adding a 'willful disregard' requirement, while the scope for security research exemptions was clarified.

REQUIREMENT

Added the phrase 'willfully disregarded' to the liability clause, meaning a person must intentionally ignore the illegal nature of a product to be held responsible.

TIMELINE

Updated the document header to reflect the new printer number (PN 2408) and the date the bill was reported from committee (October 7, 2025).

ELIGIBILITY

Changed the list of bill sponsors to include Scott and Waxman while removing Giral, Pielli, Khan, Ciresi, Sanchez, Brennan, James, Cepeda-Freytiz, O'Mara, and Cerrato.

DEFINITION

Clarified the security research exemption to explicitly mention 'computer system security' and the development of security products.

Floor votes · House Oct 28, 2025

How they voted

169–34

Passed

Total votes 203

Oct 28, 2025

D Democratic102

101 Yea 1 Nay

99% Yea

R Republican101

68 Yea 33 Nay

67% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Nov 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure

upper

Oct 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

Oct 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Oct 27, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

Oct 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as amended

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Communications & Technology

lower

1 primary · 21 co-sponsors