Richard Whitney #2

So for a bill to become law, it must go through five hurdles. First, the representative that is authoring the bill must draft it and bring it to its respective committee. The subject matter of the bill will decide which committee it goes to. The bill simply needs a majority of committee members present to move forward. Then if it passes the committee it will go to the house floor to be debated, which it needs 53 votes (a majority) to pass (constitutional amendments need 2/3rds vote or 70 people in favor. Then if it passes both parts of the house it goes to both committee and floor of the Louisiana Senate. If the bill passes there it goes to the governor who can do 1 of three things. The governor can sign the bill, pass the bill without signing it (this means he will let it go but he isn't crazy about it), or he can veto it. It is amazing how political these bills get. This is a picture of me on the house floor, photo creds to Charley Leopold.