How?

Have you ever wanted a bill to become a law? First you probably will want to know what a bill is; a bill is a proposed idea that someone wants to become a law. A bill has to go through the senate, Assembly, a public hearing,then the senate again then the house before It becomes a law. Right before the law is signed by the governor, it must wait 6 days and approved by 2/3 of the house.

First to have a bill become a law you need to present it before the assemble then you have to have a public hearing where people from the community tell what they think about the law and if they want it or not. After that the proposers take it to the committee executive session. If it is not passed, the committee offers amendment changes for the bill. If it was passed or not, it goes to the “third reading” where everyone votes on the bill.

If everyone votes on it and it is denied, the bill is sent to the second house action where they make amendments to the law. Then it is sent back to the first six steps. If it does not pass the third reading again, it is sent back to repeat the steps and if not passed third time it cannot try again. That is if the bill was voted out; however, some exceptions can be made.

However if the bill is passed it goes to the committee of conference and they work out a compromise so everyone agrees. After that the bill is sent to the governor and he or she has six days to think about the bill. If the governor does nothing, the bill becomes a law. If the governor does sign the bill, it becomes a law. If the governor disapproves the bill, it is a veto bill and both houses have to override the veto if it is to become a bill.

This is how a bill can become a law. As you can see it is very challenging for a bill to become a law because it has to go through all of these steps. This is a relatively good thing for our state.If a bad bill or unfair bill was to be voted in it would be much much harder for it to make it into a law. In the end this makes our state a better state. Because of this process many Wisconsinites will be much more financially well off.