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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”."
+description: "Relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 601"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 601 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "August", "Behnke", "Dallman", "Green", "Gustafson", "Haywood", "Kurtz", "Mursau", "Novak", "Penterman", "Prado", "Sinicki", "Stroud", "Stubbs", "Wittke"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8a4e7c5-8a56-4bae-b288-0d093c74e7fb"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab601"
+source_hash: "bd452716b74c206d5a55ca45952d415662cd1b580526dc6997514f2ec27eeada"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 601 (2025) — Relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB601-AA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB601)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- CONCURRENCE — **21–12** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- August — primary (person)
+- Behnke — primary (person)
+- Dallman — primary (person)
+- Green — primary (person)
+- Gustafson — primary (person)
+- Haywood — primary (person)
+- Kurtz — primary (person)
+- Mursau — primary (person)
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- Penterman — primary (person)
+- Prado — primary (person)
+- Sinicki — primary (person)
+- Stroud — primary (person)
+- Stubbs — primary (person)
+- Wittke — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** 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`
+- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative August
+- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
+- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
+- **2025-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator James added as a cosponsor
+- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Behnke withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
+- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:26 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026 `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-10-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8a4e7c5-8a56-4bae-b288-0d093c74e7fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+