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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 401

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Relating to: exempting 50/50 raffles from license requirements. (FE)

Administration department of — Agency and general functions Charitable corporation Gambling Organization miscellaneous Religious societies Veteran — Organization

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, certain local nonprofit, charitable, religious, or veteran's

organizations may conduct a raffle after receiving a raffle license from the

Department of Administration. This bill allows these organizations to conduct a

50/50 raffle without a license. Under the bill, a 50/50 raffle is a raffle in which a cash

prize is awarded that is equal to one-half of the proceeds from ticket sales. Under

the bill, an eligible organization does not need to obtain a license from DOA if the

cash prize is $500 or less, if the ticket sales are limited to the organization's own

membership, and if the organization complies with all other requirements for the

conduct of raffles, including the requirements for raffles conducted under a Class B

raffle license.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R)

16 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , L. Myers (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Penterman (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 19, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 19, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jun 10, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bradley, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Jacque, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Allen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, L. Myers, Murphy, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Mursau and Tusler

  2. Jun 10, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Aug 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 22, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 6, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Oct 18, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Oct 18, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules

  21. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  22. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Oct 27, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Nov 2, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Dec 2, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021

  30. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-3-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 106

  31. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Published 12-4-2021