21. Ben's Guide (3-5): How Laws Are Made It may also become law if the president does not sign it for 10 days. If the president rejects (vetoes) the bill, it can still become a law if twothirds of http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/lawmaking/example.html

How Laws Are Made Let's pretend the voters from Senator Jones' state ( constituents ) want a law requiring seatbelts on school buses. He and his staff write a bill, which is a draft (early version) of the proposed law. The bill is then passed out to each Senator. A Standing Committee (a small, permanent group made up of legislators who studies and reports on bills) reviews the bill and does one of three things: 1. Sends the bill back with no changes. 2. Makes changes and sends it back. 3. Tables the bill In other words, they can do nothing. If the committee sends it back with no changes, then the bill goes on the Senate's calendar to be voted on. When that day comes, the bill is voted on and over half of the senators (51 of 100) must vote yes to pass it. If the bill is passed by the Senate, it then moves to the other branch of Congress, the House of Representatives. The bill goes to a House committee, which studies the bill, and then is voted on by the representatives. Just as in the Senate, over half of the representatives (218 of 435) must vote yes to pass the bill. If the bill is passed in both the Senate and House, the bill goes to the President of the United States. If the president signs the bill, it then becomes a law. It may also become law if the president does not sign it for 10 days. If the president rejects (

22. The Constitution Explained - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net Section 7 details how bills become law. First, any bill for raising money He can either sign the bill, in which case it becomes law, or he can veto it. http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html

The Constitution Explained The Constitution is often hailed as a marvel of brevity and of clarity. It was, however, written in the 18th century, and many of the ideas, concepts, words, phrases, and euphemisms seem odd to us today, if not down right foreign. Some of the more obscure words are defined in The Glossary But what of the Constitution itself? What does it mean? What does each article, each section, say? This page is like a synopsis or summary of the Constitution, article by article, amendment by amendment. This should not be taken as a substitute for the Constitution, but more like a study guide. The Preamble to the Constitution has no force in law; instead, it establishes the "Why" of the Constitution. Why is this document in existence? It reflects the desires of the Framers to improve on the government they currently had (to be "more perfect" than the Articles of Confederation ), to ensure that that government would be just, and would protect its citizens from internal strife and from attack from the outside. It would be of benefit to the people, rather than to its detriment. And, perhaps as importantly, it intended to do the same for the future generations of Americans. Article 1 establishes the first of the three branches of the government, the Legislature.

23. New York State Senate >> About The Senate >> How A Bill Becomes A Law Signed bills become law; vetoed bills do not. A vetoed bill can become law if twothirds of the members of each house vote to override the Governor s http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/aboutsenate/how_idea_becomes_law.html

@import url(/CSSLibrary.nsf/ExternalStyleSheet.css?OpenCssResource); Home Senators Schedules Press Releases ... Comments Stain Glass Seal on Window in Senate Chamber How a Bill Becomes a Law in New York State And How You Can Help The job of the Senate is to work with the Assembly and the Governor to enact, amend or repeal statutes which make up the body of laws within which we live. This involves drafting, discussing and approving bills and resolutions. This document is intended to help you better understand the process, and more significantly, to help you identify those points where your contribution is important and sometimes crucial. The text shows the process in a simplified progression from "Idea" to "Law." At any step in the process, participation by a citizen or group of citizens is as easy as making a call, writing a letter, or signing a petition being sent to your Senator, any other legislator or the Governor.

24. Seneca Guide To Canadian Federal Bills, Statutes And Regulations Proposed laws are presented to the House of Commons or Senate as bills. first in the House of Commons and then in the Senate, before they become law. http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Reference/seneca-e.html

Contact Us Help Search Canada Site ... Publications.gc.ca Search the DSP Web site for Seneca Guide to Canadian Federal Bills, Statutes and Regulations Prepared by Seneca Library Resource Centres INTRODUCTION TO FEDERAL BILLS AND STATUTES BILLS Reading of Bills Text of Bills Royal Assent Proclamation Citation of Bills STATUTES Text of Statutes Amendments (Updating of Statutes) Citation of Statutes REGULATIONS Introduction to Regulations Finding a Federal Regulation Citation of Regulations ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTRODUCTION TO FEDERAL BILLS AND STATUTES This guide lists selected sources of information concerning the creation of statute law in Canada. You can use the references to find the dates and the text of laws in their various stages of development. BILLS Reading of Bills Text of Bills Royal Assent Proclamation Citation of Bills Reading of Bills To determine if there are any pending bills on a particular act, and the dates of the readings of a bill, consult the following: Canada Legislative Index Canada Statute Citator - Weekly Bulletin Service (green pages) Canadian Current Law Legislation. (Progress of Bills)

25. Frequently Asked Questions how does a Bill become Law in West Virginia? To review how laws are made in Options will appear below this link, one of which (Bill becomes Law) will http://www.legis.state.wv.us/FAQs/FAQ.cfm

skip navigation The 2005 4th Special Session adjourned Sine Die Sept. 13, 2005 Senate President Members Committees ... Helpful Links Frequently Asked Questions How many members serve in the West Virginia Legislature? What are their term limits? Who are my Legislators? How do I contact my state lawmakers? How does a Bill Become Law in West Virginia? ... The website is behaving erratically, how can I fix this? How many members serve in the West Virginia Legislature? What are their term limits? West Virginia has a bicameral Legislature comprised of 134 members - 34 Senators and 100 Delegates. They are part-time, citizen lawmakers elected by the people. Representing 17 districts, members of the Senate serve four-year terms with half of those seats up for election every two years. The presiding officer is the President who is formally elected by the Senate membership. In addition to Senate oversight duties, the President is the second ranking constitutional officer in West Virginia. He or she succeeds the office of Governor in the event of a vacancy. Members of the House of Delegates represent 56 districts. They are elected for two-year terms with all of the seats up for election every two years. The

26. Where Bills Become Laws, Big Billfolds Hold Sway - Sunday, 06/26/05 Tennessean.com. The Nashville Tennessean s online source for news, entertainment, classifieds. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050626/NEWS0201/506260401

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28. Empire Page: Eye From Albany At the same time this trend continues, the bills that become law are less and Yet, bills continue to become law. The powerful and connected know how to http://www.empirepage.com/eye_from_albany/040204.html

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens reviewed by: Kevin Quinn March 2004 Inside scoop on bills by Paul M. Bray From time to time someone comes out with a book describing how a bill becomes a law. It usually follows the orderly track set forth in legislative rules and the constitution from bill introduction to approval by the Governor. Some books have nice diagrams showing the path from introduction to printing to assignment to a committee and so forth. It looks orderly and systematic. Yet, while these books get it right as far as they go, there still so much they miss. Instead of talking about policy related subjects as the Eye usually does; I thought I would share some inside baseball information when it comes to legislation. Not that what I tell you will help much in getting a bill enacted, but it may lift some of the mystery of the legislative process. The New York legislature produces a huge number of bills each year in both the Senate and Assembly. Last year a total of 17,687 bills were introduced yet only 698 became law. 190 bills were vetoed by the Governor. Many of these bills are called "carry-overs" or bills reintroduced each legislative session with little prospect of ever becoming a law. Others are so-called "one house" bills introduced to satisfy a constituent with no intention to seek passage of the bill or bills so ideological that the sponsor knows there is no way the other house would ever consider it. "It is not pretty" one insider told me as we discussed how bill production continues to go up and up while the number of bills that become law goes down. 1990 was the last year there were as many as 1000 bills enacted into to an end to law.

29. How Laws Are Made In Great Britain to Parliament by the organisation that wants that bill to become law. a potentially convoluted process takes place before the bill becomes law. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/how_laws_are_made_in_great_brita.htm

How laws are made in Great Britain In Great Britain laws are made in Parliament at Westminster. Its law-making status makes Parliament Great Britain's main legislative body - though the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament do have legislative capabilities. However, it is difficult to estimate what the impact of law making by the European Union will be in future years. To date, most EU laws that have been imposed on the UK (and other members off the EU) have concerned environmental issues. Some political parties in the UK, such as the UK Independence Party, fear that the EU will broaden its net with regards to areas where it will impose legislation. Time will tell. In the UK there are five types of legislation considered by Parliament. These are: Government Bills Private Members’ Bill Private Bills Hybrid Bills Statutory Instruments Government Bills embody government policy and a Minister introduces them. The bulk of Parliament’s time is taken up with these types of bills. As the current government has such a large parliamentary majority, it is almost certain that all Government Bills will be passed into law (though some may be amended along the way). Individual MP’s from any political party (or a peer) can introduce a Private Members Bill. These rarely have any chance of becoming law as too much of Parliament’s time is taken up with Government bills. As a result of this, Parliament gets little chance to discuss Private Members Bills, let alone vote on them.

30. How An Idea Becomes A Law Bill Sponsor During session, legislators work on making new laws or changing old laws. The Governor either signs the bill, allows the bill to become law http://www.leg.state.fl.us/kids/idealaw/

Follow a bill through the legislative process. This animation requires the Shockwave plug-in. During session, legislators work on making new laws or changing old laws. Each member also works on several committees where the effects of laws on the people in our state are studied. Any member of either house can make suggestions for new laws. These suggestions, called bills, are studied in committee. The committee can change the bill, accept the bill, or reject the bill. If the bill is changed or accepted by the committee it is then sent to the full house. The full house then votes whether to accept the bill as it is, change the bill, or reject the bill. Passage of a bill occurs when the bill is accepted by a majority of the members of one house. The passed bill goes to the other house of the Legislature for review; that means, a bill passed in the Senate goes to the House for review. The bill goes through the same process in the second house as it did in the first house. When a bill is passed by both houses it is sent to the Governor for action. The Governor either signs the bill, allows the bill to become law without his signature, or vetoes the bill. All the laws are compiled to form the Florida Statutes.

31. Explore Parliament - How Are Laws Made A bill is a proposal for a new law. Normally it cannot become law as an Act of A bill cannot become law as an Act of Parliament until it has been agreed http://www.explore.parliament.uk/parliament.aspx?id=4

32. Entrez PubMed Dental bills become laws. Reece WT. MeSH Terms Dentistry Legislation, Dental PMID 5213142 PubMed indexed for MEDLINE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=5

33. How Federal Bills Become Law The Federal Legislative Process. how A Bill Becomes Law the bill automatically becomes law. if Congress has adjourned its second session and the http://www.rfatexas.org/fedbills.htm

The Federal Legislative Process How A Bill Becomes Law INTRODUCTION: Although anyone may draft a bill, only Members of Congress (Representatives or Senators) can introduce legislation, thus becoming he bill sponsor. Senators and Representatives introduce bills in their respective chambers in similar ways. A House member drops his legislation in a box on the clerk’s desk affectionately known as the “hopper.” Senators may propose bills on the Senate floor or send them to the Senate clerk. More than one member may sponsor a single piece of legislation, but no measure may be introduced in either chamber when that chamber is in recess (i.e. weekends, holidays, etc.). The bill is then given a number by the clerk, printed and referred to committee. House bills start with “H.R.,” Senate bills with S. COMMITTEE REFERRAL: Bills are referred to standing committees in the House or Senate based on clearly defined areas of jurisdiction. A bill may be referred to more than one committee but, with the exception of a few turf battles, one committee usually has priority over another. The committee chairman determines the calendar or schedule for all matters coming before his panel. It is up to the chairman to decide if his committee is going to act on a measure and how fast it will act. If he has no

34. Statutes & Cases - Learn About Legal Research Session laws When bills become law, they are published in a text according to the session of the legislature that enacted them into law. http://www.nolo.com/ChunkLR/LR.index.html

Search for Products Search Entire Site Search Glossary home Help With Legal Research Federal Laws State Laws Learn About Statutes Definitions The Role of Statutes Should I Search Federal or State Statutes? How to Find a Statute ... Finding a U.S. Supreme Court Case Definitions The Jargon Used in Legislation Annotated Codes: Publications that combine state or federal statutes with summaries of cases that have interpreted the statutes. With a very few exceptions, annotated codes are only available in a law library. Bill: What a statute is called when it is introduced in Congress or a state legislature. When a bill is passed by both houses and the President or a state governor, it will usually be published according to its bill number in a publication called " Session Laws " or " Statutes at Large Bill Number: Bills are referred to by their number. The number really has two parts: the abbreviation for the specific wing of the legislature in which the bill is introduced, as in HB (house bill) or SB (senate bill), and the number which identifies the particular bill, as in HB 1507. Chapter: A term that identifies a group of related state or federal statutes that have been gathered together within a particular Title or Code Chaptered: A bill becomes chaptered if it clears the legislature and is signed by the governor.

35. Just How Many Bills Has Kerry "Passed?" That s technically accurate but omits six other pieces of Kerry legislation that have become law. (Kerry s total of 56 does not include the private law. http://www.factcheck.org/article282.html

Just How Many Bills Has Kerry Passed? Bush said Kerry passed five bills. Kerry said he's passed 56. Who's right? That depends on the definition of "passed" and "bills." October 15, 2004 Modified: November 8, 2004 eMail to a friend Printer Friendly Version Summary eleven Bush counted only measures technically defined as "bills," leaving out four "joint resolutions" that also have the force of law, and he also omitted two laws whose House versions were adopted in a form nearly identical to Senate versions authored by Kerry. Analysis Passed How Many Bills? Bush: He introduced some 300 bills and he's passed five Kerry: actually passed 56 individual bills that I've personally written and, in addition to that, and not always under my name, there is [ sic ] amendments on certain bills. Bush: "passed five" When Bush said Kerry "passed five" bills, he was counting five bills Kerry authored that passed the Senate, the House, were signed by the president, and became law. That's technically accurate but omits six other pieces of Kerry legislation that have become law. The Bush campaign's backup lists five bills, which we verified:

36. Forms Of Congressional Action bills, Resolutions, laws, Congressional Record, Committee Reports, Votes, It does not become law without the President s signature if Congress by their http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.bysec/formsofaction.html

How Our Laws Are Made IV. FORMS OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION Bills Joint Resolutions Concurrent Resolutions Simple Resolutions The work of Congress is initiated by the introduction of a proposal in one of four forms: the bill, the joint resolution, the concurrent resolution, and the simple resolution. The most customary form used in both Houses is the bill. During the 107th Congress (2001-2002), 8,948 bills and 178 joint resolutions were introduced in both Houses. Of the total number introduced, 5,767 bills and 125 joint resolutions originated in the House of Representatives. For the purpose of simplicity, this discussion will be confined generally to the procedure on a House of Representatives bill, with brief comment on each of the forms. BILLS A bill is the form used for most legislation, whether permanent or temporary, general or special, public or private. The form of a House bill is as follows: A BILL For the establishment, etc. [as the title may be]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That, etc.

37. Citzine.ca > Justice > All About Bills - You're The Boss all the paths unscathed so that your bill can become law. Your Bill C007 Your bill will tighten the environmental laws placed on corporations to help http://citzine.ca/issue.php?lng=e&issue=dec03&art=bills_cyoa

38. Topics - Government Information Research Guide - UMass Amherst Libraries It is important to remember that most bills do not become laws. laws. Online Session laws 1997-present (http//www.state.ma.us/legis/) http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/govinfo/masslegishist.html

Site Search Research Help Home Research by Subject Government Information Guide Government Information Research Guide Contents Finding Library Materials Articles, Journals, Periodicals Audio / Video Library Catalogs New Books ... Reserves Electronic Resources Databases E-Books E-Journals Internet Links ... Writing Guide Government Information Research Guide Topics Massachusetts Legislative Histories Introduction Legislative Process Identifying Legislation Bills ... Other Sources Introduction Legislative histories are important because they allow citizens and researchers to trace the development of a bill from its introduction in the House or Senate to its arrival on the Governor's desk. All documents relating to the passage of the law are part of the legislative history and are used in determination of legislative intent, to identify issues that affected the passage, and to provide background information. The legislative process in Massachusetts does not provide a lot of documentation for developing a thorough legislative history. Resources listed below describe what is available and how they can be accessed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's W.E.B. Du Bois Library, at the State House Library in Boston, and on the Internet.

39. Federal Legislative Histories - Topics - Government Information Research Guide - bills passed into law during a legislative session are called Public laws or It is possible to work from a bill number, but most bills never become law http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/govinfo/fedlegishist.html

Site Search Research Help Home Research by Subject Government Information Guide Government Information Research Guide Contents Finding Library Materials Articles, Journals, Periodicals Audio / Video Library Catalogs New Books ... Reserves Electronic Resources Databases E-Books E-Journals Internet Links ... Writing Guide Government Information Research Guide Topics Federal Legislative Histories Introduction Understanding the Legislative Process Identifying Legislation Bills ... Other Sources Introduction The "legislative history" of a public law or statute consists of the documents produced during the legislative process, beginning with the introduction of a bill to its passage into law. These documents include the bill and any amended versions, committee hearings and reports on the bill, debates in Congress, statements by individuals testifying about the bill, and statements made by the President when signing the bill into law. Legislative histories are important because they provide information on the intent of the law, influential political factors, and background information for citizens and researchers. Depending on the importance and complexity of the legislation, the federal legislative process provides a wealth of documentation for developing a thorough legislative history. The following list highlights resources available at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, and on the Internet.

40. The Life Of A Bill Discuss with students various bills that have become law. Review the process for bills to become laws. Explain that they will be selecting and tracking a http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LifeOfABill.aspx

Microsoft.com Home Site Map Search Microsoft.com for: Home Instructional Resources Tutorials Lesson Plans How-to Articles Solutions and Services ... Lesson Plans The Life of a Bill Updated: August 30, 2004 Lesson Information: Grade / Age Level Middle School (11-14 yrs) Find More Lessons For: Grade / Age Level Middle School (11-14 yrs) In This Lesson: Teacher Overview Classroom Resources Academic Standards Setting the Stage Student Directions Assessments Extensions Teacher Overview During this lesson, students will investigate bills under consideration by the United States Congress and create a flow chart that tracks the movement of the bills to gain understanding of the legislative process. Classroom Resources: Bill Flowchart (Microsoft Visio flowchart) Bill Flowchart (Microsoft Word document) Student Directions - save this document to your classroom computers. Adjust the directions as needed for your lesson. When presenting your lesson to the students have them use the student directions sheet as a jump point into the activity. Related Links Thomas-A Service of the Library of Congress (legislative information) Academic Standards Social Studies: Power, Authority, and Governance.

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