Once drafted, a bill faces three stages in the legislative process. In the first, a copy of the proposed bill is submitted by th
e author or sponsor to the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate, depending on the member's house. There the bill is given a number, entered into the house's computer database, and printed in multiple copies. Which step of the legislative process in the Georgia General Assembly is this passage describing?
A bill is introduced when a legislator, who understands the necessity for a new law or modifications in an existing one, goes to the Office of Legislative Counsel, where an attorney guides him on legal matters and drafts the bill in the proper format. Then the legislator files the bill with the Clerk of the House (chief staff officer of the House of Representatives) or Secretary of the Senate (the chief staff officer of the Senate and equivalent to the Clerk of the House), who have to receive, number, and print copies of the introduced bill.
