- A bill can be initiated only in the House of Representatives.
- The Clerk of the House is the first person to receive the bill.
- The Clerk assigns a certain number to the bill and refers it either to the Senate or the House of Representatives.
- An appropriate Committee arranges the reporting of the bill.
- The bill must be tabled before it goes further.
- Then the bill is debated and amended by a Subcommittee or Committee.
- The Committee members report out the bill and fix the date of the final hearing by the full house.
- After the floor reading and debates the house votes on the amended bill.
- The bill is referred to another house (from House of Representatives to the Senate or from the Senate to the House of Representatives)
- The bill again goes through the Committee’s hearing, mark up and debates.
- Then the engrossed bill can be transferred to the President.
- But first both houses must agree upon all amendments and details of the bill.
- The President considers the bill and signs it, and the bill becomes Law.
- If the President vetoes the bill, it goes back to the Senate or the House of Representatives.
PUT THESE STEPS IN THE CORRECT ORDER:
Committee action
Bill is introduced
Vote
Conference committee if needed
Debate
Law is given a number
Floor action
Presidential action
Override veto if needed
