Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 572

Relating to: the definition of bingo.

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, “bingo” is generally defined as a game of chance in which players pay a consideration in order to participate via a standardized card and in which winners are determined and prizes awarded in a certain way. The definition of “bingo” does not include a game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants.

This bill provides that “bingo” does not include a game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants, regardless of whether the host or sponsor of the game pays consideration to another person in exchange for the prizes, supplies, equipment, or logistical support for the game.

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 14, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 20, 2026 official source full page