How does a bill become a law?
How a bill goes through Congress and becomes a law can be a very complex procedure, or it can zip through Congress if it is considered very important that it be enacted. Basically, here are the steps from bill to law. In the House, any member may introduce a bill by dropping it into a box, called a hopper. In the Senate, a member may introduce a bill after being recognized by the presiding officer and announcing the bill’s introduction. (Bills dealing with raising money must originate in the House of Representatives.) The bill is then given a prefix and a number. H.R. 33 would be House Resolution 33 and S.B. 44 would be Senate Bill 44. Once a bill is introduced, it goes to a committee for study. The committee in the Senate or the House basically do the same thing, that is they study the bill, hold hearings on the content of the bill, send it to a subcommittee if they feel it necessary for more study, and then vote on it and report it to the floor of the Senate or House where it is placed on the calendar for action. The House and Senate then debate the bill and vote on whether to pass or reject the bill. Most bills never get out of commitee. Once a bill is passed by either house, it has to be in the exact same language and set up. If a bill passes the Senate but it is not exactly as the one that passes the House, a conference committee is created to work out the final wording of the bill. It then goes back the each house where it is voted on again in its new form. The bill is then sent to the President. The President can sign the bill into law, veto it and return it to Congress with his objections to the bill, or do nothing. If he vetoes the bill, the Congress may override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote in both houses. It then becomes law without the approval of the President. The President has ten days to sign or veto the bill. If, after ten days, Congress is not in session, the bill does not become law. This is known as a pocket veto. All revenue bills must start in the House of Representatives. Represenatives do not have unlimited time to talk on the floor. They can be over-looked or given a time limit by the rules of the House of the Speaker of the House. Senators have no time limits and may talk indefinately unless there is a cloture vote in which other members of the Senate vote to halt discussions of the current item before the Senate.
How does a bill become a law?
Assuming Indian form of parliamentary lawmaking.first a bill is introduced in one of the houses, lok sabha or rajya sabha ( except money bill, which can be introduced only in lok sabha. our constitution provides an exact definition of what a money bill is. basically its a bill regarding taxes and expenditure). once its passed in the house its introduced in. bill is now sent to the other house, where it is discussed again and passed. if other house rejects it. then it cannot become a law. then the first house need to make changes in the bill and again send it to second house. A BILL NEEDS TO BE PASSED IN BOTH HOUSES. once its passed in both houses . it is then sent to president. president has two options. either to accept a bill or propose some changes and send the bill back to the houses for discussion. how ever houses are not under any obligation to accept the changes proposed by the president. if bill is sent again to the president (changed or unchanged) president HAS TO approve it. after that a new law is born.
How does a bill become a law?
First it's drafted. Then it has to pass through the House of Representatives and the Senate by a 2/3 majority vote and then it finally has to be signed in to law by the president who has the executive privilege of denying the bill with a "veto." At that point the bill can recirculate again, and there's more ins and outs but that's basically the gist of it.
How does a bill becomes a law in the U.S.?
This is a very rough broad answer so this probably covers only the bare boned basic picture. A member of congress introduces the bill, the bill goes through both the house and the senate(where it may be filibustered and die) where it passes through committees, is debated on and then passed, finally it goes to the conference committee which resolves the differences between the house and the senate and then both houses pass the bill and send it to the President who signs the bill and it becomes law (note the bill can get derailed or delayed at various points in the process eg. the president may veto the bill - but this answer only deals with how a bill becomes law in the US.)
How a bill becomes law?
The School House Rock video is shockingly accurate and detailed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-... Congress refers collectively to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Most bills can start in either place. Finance bills can only start in the House. Once a bill is introduced, the members of the chamber in congress where it is introduced vote to refer it to the any relevant committees that deal with the issues in the bill. Those committees then decide on changes to the bill and vote on whether or not to report it back to the full chamber. If there are multiple committees, then a joint committee decides how to reconcile the versions from the different committees. The process happens in both the House and the Senate. Typically, they end up with different versions of the same bill. When that happens, a joint House/Senate committee combines the two different versions into a new bill and that final version goes back to both chambers of Congress for a final vote. They must both pass the same bill in the end. Once they both pass the same version, it goes to the President to sign or veto. If he vetoes it, it returns to Congress where it must pass both houses again, this time with a 2/3 vote in order to pass over the veto.
How does a bill become a law in the UK now?
A bill is an idea put forward in parliament which MPs debate, alter slightly then send out to a committee. At the committee stage the wording is rigorously checked to make sure it says exactly what it is supposed to mean and has no bad effects (I am talking theoretically). After the committee has passed it it goes back to Parliament where MPs vote whether to accept it or not. After the Commons has agreed to pass the bill it goes to the Lords where they debate and either pass it or make some changes. If there are changes it goes back to the Commons to see if they agree with the changes. Whether the Commons agree with the changes or not it then goes back to the Lords who again decide whether to accept it (with or without the changes). There is a limit to the number of times the Lords can refuse to pass legislation which the Commons has passed, think it is three, after that the Commons view is upheld. Once the bill has been passed by both Houses of Parliament it goes to the Queen who writes her acceptance” La Raine Le Veult”. A King would put “Le Roi Le Veult”. It then becomes an Act of Parliament and the law of England and Wales. Scottish Law is different to that of England and Wales and with devolution both Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own parliaments although there are currently problems with the Northern Irish Parliament.Whether or not the Queen could refuse to sign a bill is hotly debated. If she refused there would automatically be a Constitutional Crisis which could lead to the possible abolition of the monarchy. Some say she has no right to refuse to sign and even if it was a Bill of Attainder calling for her death she would have to sign.