How to Use legislation in a Sentence

legislation

noun
  • They passed new state legislation this week.
  • One of the important functions of government is legislation.
  • More legislation is needed on this matter.
  • Two new pieces of legislation are being considered.
  • She introduced legislation for protecting the environment.
  • Certain animals are protected under state legislation.
  • At present, there is a patchwork of statewide initiatives and a lack of comprehensive data privacy legislation at the federal level.
    Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Then there’s the devil in the details of the legislation.
    Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
  • Why did the House add the TikTok legislation to the foreign aid bill?
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Pringle said he was not involved in adding the new guidelines to the legislation and did not know who was.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Bills, bills, bills Since legislation is no longer pre-filed, the bills started pouring in with the start of the session.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Congress has just a few days when both the House and Senate are in session to pass legislation.
    Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Three weeks later, legislation that would have the same effect appeared in the U.S. House.
    Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
  • But even with the agreement, getting the legislation passed through Congress in time for the deadline may be difficult.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • President Joe Biden’s legislation has a suite of other goals aside from just getting projects off the ground.
    Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
  • The legislation has won support from both Democrats and Republicans in the senate, as well as the Teamsters union.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 3 May 2024
  • With hours left before the deadline, the Senate required the unanimous consent of all 100 members to pass the legislation in time.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Stroebel and Wittke in a memo to colleagues seeking support for the bill said the legislation would give more control over hiring to local school boards.
    Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This legislation would erase that threshold and extend the insurance to.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • People on the broad left are disappointed that Biden didn’t get even more legislation passed.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
  • As the authors concede, Congress has refused to follow the scheme established by the legislation in all but four years since 1974.
    WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
  • On Friday, when the Senate and House are set to reconvene, each could take up the opposite body's legislation.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 30 May 2024
  • The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State.
    Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Whittaker has been a staunch opponent of the bill, and has been meeting with activists and lobbying for the legislation to be changed.
    WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The legislation comes as Texas is battling with the Biden administration over its efforts to build a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • If passed, this would be the most significant piece of legislation aimed at keeping kids safe online.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
  • And in April, legislation was introduced in Congress to urge all insurers to charge no more than $35 per month for insulin.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
  • However, Name, Image and Likeness legislation passed in 2021 opened the door for the game’s return, which is set to happen next summer.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 17 May 2023
  • But in 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the legislation, ruling that sports gambling should be regulated by states.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The new legislation could prove challenging for Meloni politically.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024

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