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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 202

Privacy of lottery winner

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    May 8, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

The bill prohibits a retailer who sold a lottery ticket, the administrator of the state lottery, and the Department of Revenue, which administers the lottery, from disclosing the name, address, or social security number of a lottery prize winner, if the lottery prize winner requests confidentiality. The bill provides exceptions where disclosure is allowed, including disclosures made to withhold taxes from the winnings, to determine whether the winner is delinquent in tax payment or court-ordered child support, to determine any withholding for child, spousal, or family support, and to determine any withholding for unpaid court judgments.

Additionally, the bill exempts from the right to inspection, copying, or receipt under public records law written records of a confidential lottery prize winner's name, address, or social security number.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

25 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 30 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (25)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 15, 2019 to May 16, 2019

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. May 8, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions.

  4. May 8, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Cowles, Kapenga and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Tauchen, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kerkman, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Mursau, L. Myers, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Snyder, Spiros, Steffen, Tittl, Tusler and Zimmerman

  2. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions

  3. May 15, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  4. May 16, 2019 · Senate

    Representative James added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor