Locate a flowchart detailing the process of enacting laws in Texas. Search the Internet using the search term “the legislative process in Texas”. You may use information learned in the interactive presentations, LiveLesson, e-book, and on the Internet (e. g. flowchart of the legislative process). Write a one-page paper to describe the process of enacting laws in Texas. Your paper should answer the following questions:

Describe how the process of creating a law starts. Remember, before becoming a law we refer to a potential law as a “bill”.
Describe the process a bill goes through before it ever actually gets to the floor of the House or Senate for a vote.
Describe what happens to a bill if it receives an unfavorable vote from the committee.
Describe how many “readings” a bill receives in both the House and the Senate before the final version is voted on.
Describe the role the governor plays in enacting law.