- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0622/1LRB-4723/1 MDE:cdcMDE:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 601 NovemberOctober 11,29, 2025 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatUGUSTRepresentativUGUST, .HAYWOOD , DALLMAN , A NDERSON, BEHNKE , GREEN , G USTAFSON, KURTZ , M URSAU, NOVAK , PENTERMAN , RADO , INICK, STUBBS, WITTKE and STROUD , cosponsored by Senators M ARKLEIN, D ASSLER-ALFHEIM, FEYEN , SPREITZER and T ESTIN.
AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendState theAffairs. bill as follows:
1.A N A CT to create 945.01 (1) (h) of the statutes;
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afterexcluding “lands”certain insertevent “locatedor insports thiswagers state”.from the definition of “bet”.
2.Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor to make a bet.
PageThis 2,bill lineexcludes 4: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.
afterThe “1993.”people insertof “Suchthe eventstate orof sportsWisconsin, wagersrepresented are deemed to have taken place on those Indian lands in thissenate stateand onassembly, whichdo theenact serveras orfollows: other device used to conduct such event or sports wager is physically located.”.
SECTION 1.
945.01 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
945.01 (1) (h) 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 - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4723/1 MDE:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 601 S ECTION 1 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 an Indian gaming compact under s.
14.035 originally entered into prior to April 1, 1993.