Answer:
The Bill Begins. Laws begin as ideas.
The Bill Is Proposed. When a Representative has written a bill, the bill needs a sponsor.
The Bill Is Introduced.
The Bill Goes to Committee.
The Bill Is Reported.
The Bill Is Debated.
The Bill Is Voted On.
The Bill Is Referred to the Senate
Explanation:
ACSA Governmental Relations staff tracks hundreds of education related bills through the legislative process from introduction through to the Governor’s signature or veto of the bill. We bring most of these bills to ACSA’s Legislative Policy Committee to take positions on behalf of ACSA. Once these positions are set by the Committee, ACSA Governmental Relations staff begins advocating for or against the bill in accordance with the position taken.
When necessary and at key points in the legislative process, we will take our advocacy efforts back to you and ACSA’s membership by sending “Action Alerts” asking you to either send a letter or make a phone call to your legislative representatives and/or policy or fiscal committee members advocating ACSA’s position on the legislation in question. It is important that you respond to “Action Alerts” as quickly as possible as legislation is quickly moving through the process, making most of these alerts time sensitive.