How a Bill Becomes a Law Flashcards
First step for a bill to become a law?
Bill is written by state representative or senator and filed with their legislative legal office for review.
Bill is ____ into 1st legislative chamber (house of representatives or senate) by a member of that chamber. This is the ____.
Introduced and First Reading
Step 3, Bill is referred to ____of that chambers leadership.
Rules Committee
Rules committee refers Bill to appropriate ____
Standing Committee
Standing committee can hold onto bill or assign it to ____.
Subcommittee
Subcommittee holds ____. Subcommittee can ____, ____, ____ on bill.
hearings on bill. Amend, table, vote.
Step 7, after holding hearing on bill?
Is subcommittee passes bill, it sends favorable report on bill back to standing committee.
Standing committee can hold ____, ____, ____, and ____ on bill. If it doesn’t pass the committee, bill dies.
hearings, amend, table, and vote
If standing committee passes bill, it sends bill ______.
back to 1st house entire chamber
1st chamber has ____ of bill and ____ on bill, can amend or table.
2nd reading, floor debate
1st chamber ____ bill, adds amendments and has the ____ of bill to entire chamber.
engrosses, 3rd and final reading
1st chamber ____ on bill. if the bill doesn’t pass this, it dies.
votes
If bill passes (after 1st chamber vote) it is _____.
sent to second chamber
Bill ____ steps 2-12 in 2nd chamber.
repeats
If bill is passed the ___ by ____ chambers, it is ____ and sent to governor for signature.
same and both. enrolled
If bill is passed ____ by ____ chambers (different versions) it is sent to a ____ appointed by each chambers leadership.
differently, both, conference committee
Conference committee reviews bill, tries to ____ on it. If conference committee cannot agree, the bill dies.
compromise
If conference committee ____ on a compromise the bill is sent back to both chambers
agrees
_____ on the compromised bill. If bill does not pass both chambers by majority vote, it dies.
Both chambers vote again
if bill does pass both chambers by majority vote, it is ____ and sent onto governor for signature.
enrolled
Governor has so many days to either ____ the bill into law or ____ it.
sign, veto
if governor signs bill, it becomes a ____.
law
If governor ____ the bill, it dies.
vetoes
The state legislature can ____the governors veto with a large majority vote for the bill in both chambers. this is called a ____ and the bill becomes a law without the governors signature.
override, veto override
