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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 601

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Relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.

Athletics Data processing Gambling Indian gaming and compacts

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor to make a bet. This bill excludes from the definition of “bet” an event or sports wager made by a person physically located in this state using a mobile or other electronic device if the server or other device used to conduct such event or sports wager is physically located on a federally recognized American Indian tribe’s Indian lands and if the event or sports wager is conducted pursuant to a compact between a tribe and this state under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 that was originally entered into prior to April 1, 1993.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , August (R) , Dallman (R) , Green (R) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Penterman (R) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Wittke (R)

8 cosponsors

Billings (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Feyen (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Miresse (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 20

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Nov 12, 2025 official source full page

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

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

Passed 10–0 Nov 13, 2025 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 Mar 16, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 21–12 Mar 17, 2026 official source full page

Full history

  1. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives August, Haywood, Dallman, Anderson, Behnke, Green, Gustafson, Kurtz, Mursau, Novak, Penterman, Prado, Sinicki, Stubbs, Wittke and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Spreitzer and Testin

  2. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Nov 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative August

  5. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  10. Nov 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse added as a coauthor

  11. Dec 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator James added as a cosponsor

  12. Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Behnke withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:26 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  20. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  25. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Mar 25, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026

  33. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  34. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 247

  35. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 4-10-2026