republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-601.md

---
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).