My answer is for the United States.
Briefly, the bill has to pass both the Senate and the House of Representatives and it must not be vetoed by the president. That is how something becomes a federal law.
A state law is much the same way except the governor takes the place of the president. If there is only 1 house in the state then it goes from the house of representatives to the Governor who has 10 days to veto it. Nebraska is the only state without a senate.
The Jewish people, since they appear in the history seem to have lot of problems with the other people that lived around them, often being persecuted or enslaved.
Initially they have been enslaved by the Egyptians and were not in nice relations with them, saving themselves by the scratch, but ending up in a desert. After they settled in what is now Israel, they have been conquered by the Assyrians, and since they were rebellious, the Assyrians systemically misplaced them out of their homeland. After that came the Romans, and it was similar, as part of them was again moved forcefully in other places of the empire. The Muslim Caliphates showed no mercy toward them, and they were terrorized and forced to move away. Then they had troubles in Europe as well, especially with the Spanish inquisition where they were burned alive publicly or killed without any mercy.
Explanation:
The French people organized a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect or contempt of the rights of Man were the sole reasons for public calamities and the corruption of governments.
