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LAW - Coggle Diagram
LAW
Senate
Bill is introduced
Bill is referred to an appropriate Senate standing committee
Bill is revised by subcommittee, sent to full Senate if standing committee approves
Bill is debated by the full Senate. sent to the House if approved.
Presiding officer distributes bill for study
House of Representatives
Bill is introduced
Bill is referred to a House standing committee
Bill revised in subcommittee, sent to rules committee if standing committee approves
Rules Committee decides the time the bill is discussed by full House
Bill is debated by House, sent to the Senate if approved. If senate passed a similar bill, it goes to a conference committee.
Speaker distributes to various committees for study
Both
Hearings occur with assistance form House/Senate parliamentarians
Committee decides what to do with bill
Conference Committee irons out differences between the two versions of the bill.
President
President signs the bill (or allows it to become law without signing said bill)
Bill becomes law
President vetoes the bill and sends it back to congress
Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses
Congress
A member must introduce a bill