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A bill may be introduced in either the House or the Senate. ... For practical purposes I will use the bill for raising minimum wage to $6. ...
A bill may be introduced by a member, group of members or standing committee. After the 20th day of session in the House, a bill may be introduced only by a committee. After 35 days a bill may be introduced solely by certain committees. ...
The original draft of the bill and 15 other copies are presented to the Chief clerk. The Chief clerk then assigns the bill a number. The bill is then introduced by being read on the Order of Business.
In the House, a bill approved by a committee is referred to the whole House. The bill then has a committee assignment tell where it is to be sent. ... After the second reading, amendments to the bill may be offered, debated upon, and voted upon. Once the Committee of the Whole is done with the bill, it is sent back to the full House. A bill can be passed in the Committee of the Whole, however, a bill cannot be killed in the Committee of the Whole, but amendments may be placed on the bill that make it undesirable.
Once the full House has repossession of it, the amendments placed on the bill by the Committee of the Whole are voted on.
Approximate Word count = 1062
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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