Introducing Bills in the Legislature & Legislative Process (Chapter 5)

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Introducing Bills in the Legislature

• The members who introduces a bill is known as the author or sponsor • Look for cosponsors • Introduced bills and resolutions are referred to committee • Hearings may be held • If a bill receives a majority vote in committee (if it is "reported favorably") it moves to consideration by the entire chamber

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Introducing a bill

to officially bring a bill before a legislative chamber for the first time, introducing a bill is the first step in the formal legislative process

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Bill

A proposed new law or change to existing law brought before a legislative chamber by a legislative member.

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Amendments

Killer amendments ("poison pills")

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Floor Debate

Period during which a bill is brought up before the entire chamber for debate - House rules (Time allotted per member per bill) - Senate rules ("Unlimited" debate)

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Delay Tactics

Senate (Filibuster), House (Chubbing), Quorum necessity

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Filibuster

speaking continuously without yielding to another member, causing time to run out before bill can be voted on

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Chubbing

Lengthy debate on noncontroversial bills to cause time to run out and thereby prevent other bill from coming up

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Quorum necessity

members leave the floor to prevent bill consideration

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Voting

voice votes & roll call votes

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voice notes

chair declares winner by listening to "ayes" and "nays"

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roll call votes

member votes are recorded

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Gubernatorial responses

veto, line-item veto, inaction, & emergency clause

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line-item veto

spending bills only

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inaction

bills neither signed nor vetoed become law without governor's signature

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emergency clause

Makes bills become effective immediately, rather than after customary 90-day waiting period

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Bureaucracy

A method of organizing any large public or private organization that includes hierarchical structure, division of labor, standard operating procedures, and advancement by merit.