• Describe The Differences Between The State And State Legislative Process

There were several similarities and differences between Georgia's state legislative and the national legislative processes. In the State process, only a legislator can introduce a bill. However in the national process, any member of the House of Representatives may introduce a bill at any time while the House is in session. The first stage of the legislative process in similar in both the national and state. The process of introduction consists of the bill being submitted to the clerk and the clerk will assign it a number and the bill will be printed in multiple copies. Both processes are also similar in the committee phase as well. Once the bill is assigned a committee, the committee can chose to hear different viewpoints relating to the bill from witnesses, lobbyists, officials, or the general public. After they have heard these different points of view they begin studying the perspectives. Then the committee can either accept the bill, accept the bill with amendment, or reject it. The way the bill …show more content…
I think because both levels handle different issues they will have different processes. For example, I think there is more regulation in the national legislative processes because federal government deals with issues that state governments do not, such as Immigration laws, bankruptcy laws, and social security laws. There is a greater magnitude to what to federal government deals with and the amount of people affected by federal laws. Unlike the state governments that only deal with matters pertaining to the individual state and only affect the people in that state. Overall the federal government deals with different issues and the Federal law is superior to state law and has a larger impact than state laws do which is the main reason I think there are differences between the state legislative and the national legislative