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Overview of the Legislative Process Vistazo General al Proceso Legislativo (click on image to download pdf) The following flowchart depicts the course of a bill as it moves through the lawmaking process. The bill moves from left to right, through four columns. To download a pdf image of this process, please click the image above or you can access the pdf directly here. The first column, on the left Shows the typical sequence of action in the house that passes the bill first (called the “house of origin”). A bill may originate in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, with one exception: the constitution says that “bills for raising revenue” must originate in the House. The second column, Shows legislative action on the same bill in the second house, after it has passed the house of origin. The third column, Shows the final phase of the legislative process, after each house has passed the bill once. The procedures depicted here are designed to ensure that the two houses pass the same bill in identical form. Once the legislature accomplishes this, it enrolls the bill, which makes it into an act, and then presents the act to the governor. The last column, on the right Shows the three options available to the governor for dealing with an act and the steps that the legislature may use to enact legislation over the objections of the governor. For more information on how a bill becomes law click here Español Vistazo General al Proceso Legislativo Ultima Columna, en la derecha Muestra las tres opciones disponibles para el gobernador cuando estudia una ley, y los pasos que la legislatura puede usar para promulgar legislación a pesar de las objeciones del gobernador. El gobernador puede 1) aprobar la ley; 2) vetar (desautorizar) parcial o totalmente la ley; o 3) abstenerse de firmar o vetar la ley.
Para mas informacion acerca de como un proyecto de ley se convierte en ley haga click aqui http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/howbill.asp (información disponible solamente en inglés)
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