Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has unveiled proposed legislation to combat the secondary market's impact on concert ticket prices. The "Great Divide Act" would establish a 110 percent cap on ticket resales—so a $100 ticket could not sell for more than $110—and would restrict fees on resale platforms to 10 percent of the total ticket price. The bill also targets the practice of "speculative tickets," where brokers list tickets that they have not yet acquired.

Musician Noah Kahan, whose album title inspired the legislation's name, has emerged as a public supporter of the measure as part of his broader campaign for affordable concert access. He has advocated for similar protections in his home state of Vermont, which has already enacted comparable legislation, and has implemented ticket-identity verification and face-value exchange systems on his own tour. The measure joins efforts underway in Maine, as well as proposed bills in California and New York, reflecting growing state-level attention to ticket scalping.