Law new is a term that refers to an official rule or regulation created by Congress or another legislative body. These rules govern behavior within a society or country. The process of creating a law or statute begins with an idea for a policy change. These ideas can come from any number of sources including a senator’s constituents, an interest group, or State agency employees. The policy is then drafted into bill form and submitted for consideration by the Senate. Bill drafting is a highly specialized area of legal practice and is often done by staff members of the Senate’s Legislative Drafting Commission or by outside attorneys retained by the senator.

Once passed by both houses of the Legislature, a bill becomes a law. The Governor has 10 days to sign or veto the legislation. Signed bills become law; vetoed bills do not. A veto can be overridden if two-thirds of both houses vote to pass the legislation without the Governor’s signature. The origin of the concept of law dates back to ancient Greece and the writings of Aristotle, but it did not become a major area of political philosophy until the mid-18th century with the work of philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Austin.