Statutory Law
Laws are borne of ideas initiated by the public, or elected political persons to legislative positions and the ideas are processed into laws by the federal and state legislative bodies. The law of seatbelts in the State of Nevada, for instance, was just an idea by the senator of the state, which he tabled the bill in parliament and made it a law upon review and scrutiny by the relevant legislative bodies. The process of turning an idea into a bill and later law is a lengthy process, but it can be simplified into steps. Therefore, in the case of seatbelt law in Nevada State, the Senator introduced the bill in the Senate for the first reading by submitting it to the clerk or house secretary, where it is given a name and a number.
The second step was the assigning of the bill to the relevant committee(s), followed by hearings held by the committee that involved asking the interested public to testify for or against the bill. The next step was the amendment of the bill by the committee to the point where a new version of the bill was substituted for the original one. The committee then voted on whether to report the amended bill to the full house or the Senate and then the leadership of the chambers scheduled the bill for debate.
The bill was then reported to either the house or the Senate for congressional debate. The second reading of the bill was done upon the conclusion of the debate, followed by a third reading where the senate voted on the bill. The bill went through the same procedure in the other house and upon passing in both houses, which was then sent to the president for signing since a revised was not present. Upon the approval of the bill by the president, the bill became a law on seatbelts in the state of Nevada.