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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 592

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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, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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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: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R)

19 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , August (R) , Billings (D) , Dallman (R) , Green (R) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , James (R) , Kurtz (R) , Miresse (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Penterman (R) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wittke (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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Nov 6, 2025 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. 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

  2. Oct 24, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Oct 28, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 4, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  9. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  10. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  11. Dec 19, 2025 · Senate

    Senator James added as a coauthor

  12. Jan 8, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  13. Feb 10, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Behnke withdrawn as a cosponsor

  14. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1