Parliament is only one part of Canadas system of government. If two-thirds of Congress votes for the bill to become a law after the President vetoes it, it becomes a law anyway. Legislative Process Flowchart / How a Bill Becomes Law The lesson plan is geared toward high school students, but it could be use. You may print this out or you may assign it to each student individually using Google Classroom or Schoology or another classroom platform. A proposed or presented law in a legislature is known as a Bill. and "How a Bill Becomes a Law". Graphic: 7 Steps: How A Bill Becomes A Law (Google Slide), 1) Introduction of bill in either the House or Senate, 3) Debate on bill on the House or Senate floor. 4. This is a one page flowchart. A bill is like an early draft of the proposed law. Activity: Sorting the Steps in the Lawmaking process (Google Slide). The first step in the process is for a bill to be introduced in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. This lesson takes students on a journey that includes "What is Congress?" The bill must be introduced in the House of Representatives. If a government department has a proposal for a bill that it wants to be included in the legislative programme for a session, it must submit a bid for the bill to the Parliamentary Business and Legislation (PBL) Committee of the Cabinet. A bill is a proposed law that is submitted to a legislature for consideration. The committee will then decide whether it wants to carry out a fuller post-legislative enquiry into the act. After the time for debate is over, parliamentarians vote on whether the bill will continue through the process. Parliamentarians can suggest additional changes at this time and those amendments may be debated. The committee votes on the bill. We finish off by looking at the difference between public and private bills. After a bill is passed by both the Senate and the House of Commons, the Governor General grants Royal Assent and the bill becomes a law.