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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 171

Paddlewheel raffles. (FE)

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 16, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

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

Under current law, an organization with a Class B raffle license may conduct a multiple-container raffle or a plastic and rubber duck race as long as the winner in the raffle or race is determined by a drawing with all tickets having an equal opportunity to win. This bill allows an organization with a Class B raffle license to conduct a paddlewheel raffle. Under the bill, a paddlewheel raffle is a raffle in which a manually operated, mechanical, vertical wheel that is marked off into sections containing numbers or descriptions of items, after being spun, indicates with a pointer or marker a winning number or prize item on the wheel.

Under the bill, the organization conducting the raffle must comply with certain requirements, including that the organization must determine the winning number or prize by the position of the pointer when the vertical wheel stops spinning. If the pointer stops on top of a peg, the number or prize item preceding the peg is the winning number or item.

Who's behind it

24 lawmakers are its ⁠. 23 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 31 names

Authors (24)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on State Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 4 · May 6, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 6, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 6, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 4.

  4. Apr 28, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Apr 20, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Apr 2, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Mar 16, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  8. Mar 16, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Mursau, Armstrong, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Krug, Moses, Plumer, Pronschinske, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Skowronski, Sortwell, Stubbs, Summerfield, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. May 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  8. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules

  10. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

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

More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote