MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin lawmaker knows all too well that ticket scalpers and bots can turn concert season into a cruel summer.

Sen. Kelda Roys hopes a new bill will help the state shake it off and make live events more accessible to real fans. The proposed legislation includes a nod to the fans of one of music's biggest stars.

The Stop Wildly Inflated Fees and Ticketing Industry Exploitation, or SWIFTIE Act would block price-gouging by organized scalpers, crack down on misleading practices by unlicensed resellers and ban the use of bots and other software to hoard tickets from real fans.

" If you are a fan, you deserve to go see your favorite artist or sporting event without being exploited by unscrupulous scalpers, third-party bot farms that drive up prices, and other pract

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