Indy Explains: How a bill becomes a law

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many of the normal operations and day-to-day procedures of the state Legislature.
But despite the pandemic, the process of how a bill turns into a law hasn’t changed.
With the 2021 Legislature now in motion, we decided it’d be a good time to re-up this video that legislative reporters Megan Messerly, Michelle Rindels and Riley Snyder filmed during the 2019 legislative session explaining just how a bill becomes a law.
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