Senate Bill 592
Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”
Topics: Athletics, Data processing, Gambling, Indian gaming and compacts
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 24, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 601. That version became law.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 3 · Nov 6, 2025
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 Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 18, 2025 to Jan 8, 2026
2 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Nov 6, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.
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Nov 4, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 28, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 24, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
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Oct 24, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives August, Haywood, Dallman, Anderson, Behnke, Green, Gustafson, Kurtz, Mursau, Novak, Penterman, Prado, Sinicki, Stubbs and Wittke
- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
- Oct 28, 2025 · Senate
Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
- Nov 4, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 12, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- Dec 10, 2025 · Senate
Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
- Dec 19, 2025 · Senate
Senator James added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Senate
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Representative Behnke withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote