WI AB 601
enactedRelating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
- 2025-10-29
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-09 — Published 4-10-2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Stroudprimary
- Wittkeprimary
- Stubbsprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Pradoprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Novakprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Kurtzprimary
- Gustafsonprimary
- Greenprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Andersonprimary
- Dallmanprimary
- Haywoodprimary
- Augustprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-29
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
introduction
2025-10-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-04
Public hearing held
2025-11-11
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative August
amendment-introduction
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-13
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-13
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-18
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
2025-12-19
Senator James added as a cosponsor
2026-01-07
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
2026-02-10
Representative Behnke withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:26 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-25
Available for scheduling
2026-03-16
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-25
Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026
enrolled
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-09
Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 247
executive-signature
2026-04-09
Published 4-10-2026
became-law
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Votes
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-11-12 · pass · 10-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-11-13 · pass · 10-0
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 21-12
Member-level votes (33)
- CARPENTER: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- ROYS: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- BRADLEY: no
- KAPENGA: no
- QUINN: no
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: no
- KEYESKI: no
- STAFSHOLT: no
- HUTTON: no
- LARSON: no
- WALL: no
- JACQUE: no
- NASS: no
- WIMBERGER: no
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