S. 5278 119th Congress Senate

GHOST Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the speculative sale of event tickets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Ben Ray Luján Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov

Commerce

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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Became law

Aug 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now August 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for STUBHUB · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
for NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION · Minnesota · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE - DBA LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS
for AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE - DBA LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
OPERA AMERICA
for OPERA AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
3 filings
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
2 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
2 filings
State, Dept of (DOS)
2 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 2

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Sep 23, 2026

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Sep 23, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5278: GHOST Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5278/

MLA

"S. 5278: GHOST Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5278/.

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S. 5278, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5278/.

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