enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
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The organization pointed to South Carolina and Louisiana, which passed and enacted legislation in 2024 allowing lawful gun owners to carry a firearm without a permit, and Colorado, Maine and New Mexico, where efforts to pass bans on certain types of firearms failed.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
In accordance with a tax bill enacted in 2022, South Carolina’s top marginal rate is scheduled for two more annual drawdowns that will ultimately bring the top rate down to 6%.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The case before the nation’s highest court involves the map of congressional districts in Louisiana, where state lawmakers redrew the district lines in 2024 after a federal court ruled the map enacted in 2022 likely violated the Civil Rights-era voting law.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 28 Dec. 2024
Since the Supreme Court empowered local governments to crack down on homeless encampments in June, at least 40 jurisdictions around California have enacted new laws or toughened existing ones, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.
—Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
In accordance with a tax bill enacted in 2022, South Carolina’s top marginal rate is scheduled for two more annual drawdowns that will ultimately bring the top rate down to 6%.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The case before the nation’s highest court involves the map of congressional districts in Louisiana, where state lawmakers redrew the district lines in 2024 after a federal court ruled the map enacted in 2022 likely violated the Civil Rights-era voting law.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 28 Dec. 2024
Since the Supreme Court empowered local governments to crack down on homeless encampments in June, at least 40 jurisdictions around California have enacted new laws or toughened existing ones, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.
—Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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