enrolled bill

enrolled bill
enrolled bill see bill 1

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

enrolled bill
The final copy of a bill or joint resolution that has passed both houses of a legislature and is ready for signature. In legislative practice, a bill that has been duly introduced, finally passed by both houses, signed by the proper officers of each, approved by the governor (or president), and filed by the secretary of state.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


enrolled bill
The final copy of a bill or joint resolution that has passed both houses of a legislature and is ready for signature. In legislative practice, a bill that has been duly introduced, finally passed by both houses, signed by the proper officers of each, approved by the governor (or president), and filed by the secretary of state.

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