How a Bill Becomes a Law

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How a Bill Becomes a Law

• By Heidi Leopold and Rachel Samuel

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Submission of the Proposed Bill

• Concerns a specific topic
• Sponsered by a legislator
• Bill is submitted from either the House or the
  Senate

http//www.school-house-rock.com/Bill.html
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Bill is Introduced

• Assigned to a subcommittee
• First Hearing
• Vote

http//www.njleg.state.nj.us
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House

• Committee of the Whole
• Read/Debate
• Second reading
• Amendments
• Voted Poison Bill

http//www.house.gov/
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House

• Full house
• Amendments voted
• Mass/ individually
• Vote to recommit
• Sent to Committees again
• Vote on Bill
• Organized and Published

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Senate

• Voice vote
• Pass/Fail
• Amendment

http//www.senate.gov/
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Senate

• Review later
• Objection
• Senators speak
• Filibuster

http//www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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Conference

• Bill is checked for differences
• Originating house given copy
• Conference Committee
• Managers

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President

• Must have signature of President of the Senate
  and the Speaker of the House
• Ten Day Period
• Pocket Veto

http//www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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Bill is now Law

• President signs bill/ ten day period
• Archivist
• Statutes at large
• U.S. Code

http//www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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THE END ?

• Works Consulted
• First graphic from
• http//disney.go.com/disneyvideos/preschool/school
  houserock/index.html