effective date

noun

: the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used

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As lawmakers rushed the legislation through in late December, that effective date was not changed. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025 The effective date of the final rule on medical debt has now been postponed from March 7 to June 15. Alana Semuels, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025 In response to concerns about timing for compliance, the effective date for reporting for covered transactions is on or after January 1, 2027 and IRS Notice 2025-3 provides transitional relief from broker reporting penalties and backup withholding. Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 State law — rising from a 2018 ballot measure — sets the effective date of ballot measures at five days after the secretary of state certifies the election result (although some measures may lay out later dates to become operative, often the first of the year). Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for effective date 

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“Effective date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effective%20date. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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