MADISON, WI (WHBL) - State Senator Devin LeMahieu’s first bill has cleared the Legislature. The Oostburg Republican authored a bill that would change the state’s raffles rules for non-profit organizations to make them easier to be conducted and maintain transparency and fairness.
“It’s something that will help local charities, non-profits raise money and send that money back into the community in a more efficient manner, make sure they’re not breaking the law, so it’s exciting,” says LeMahieu.
A similar bill in the previous session was vetoed by Governor Walker. LeMahieu says language in his bill was corrected to ensure the governor will sign it.
“We went through the Department of Administration to make sure that they were fine with the current procedure,” says LeMahieu. “The problem with the last one was that there was four or five words in there that mentioned other games of chance, and they were concerned that it might affect the gaming compacts that are in place, so that’s why it was vetoed last session.”