After a bill has been approved in the House, what happens next?

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After a bill has been approved in the House, what happens next?

When a bill clears one chamber in a bicameral legislature, it moves to the other chamber for consideration. The next step is to send the bill to the Senate, where it is formally introduced by a member (in many systems the presiding officer of the Senate, often titled Senate Speaker or similar, helps recognize the sponsor and moves the bill into the process). From there, the bill is typically referred to a committee for study and hearings, then returned to the Senate floor for debate and a vote. Only after both chambers pass the bill does it go to the governor for signature, and a statewide referendum is used for ballot measures, not standard legislation.

When a bill clears one chamber in a bicameral legislature, it moves to the other chamber for consideration. The next step is to send the bill to the Senate, where it is formally introduced by a member (in many systems the presiding officer of the Senate, often titled Senate Speaker or similar, helps recognize the sponsor and moves the bill into the process). From there, the bill is typically referred to a committee for study and hearings, then returned to the Senate floor for debate and a vote. Only after both chambers pass the bill does it go to the governor for signature, and a statewide referendum is used for ballot measures, not standard legislation.

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