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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
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
Bill
A proposed new law or change to existing law brought before a legislative chamber by a legislative member.
Amendments
Killer amendments ("poison pills")
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)
Delay Tactics
Senate (Filibuster), House (Chubbing), Quorum necessity
Filibuster
speaking continuously without yielding to another member, causing time to run out before bill can be voted on
Chubbing
Lengthy debate on noncontroversial bills to cause time to run out and thereby prevent other bill from coming up
Quorum necessity
members leave the floor to prevent bill consideration
Voting
voice votes & roll call votes
voice notes
chair declares winner by listening to "ayes" and "nays"
roll call votes
member votes are recorded
Gubernatorial responses
veto, line-item veto, inaction, & emergency clause
line-item veto
spending bills only
inaction
bills neither signed nor vetoed become law without governor's signature
emergency clause
Makes bills become effective immediately, rather than after customary 90-day waiting period
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.