During session, legislators work on making new laws or changing old laws. Each member also works on several committees where the effects of laws on the people in our state are studied. Any member of either house can make suggestions for new laws.

   These suggestions, called bills, are studied in committee. The committee can change the bill, accept the bill, or reject the bill. If the bill is changed or accepted by the committee it is then sent to the full house. The full house then votes whether to accept the bill as it is, change the bill, or reject the bill.

   Passage of a bill occurs when the bill is accepted by a majority of the members of one house. The passed bill goes to the other house of the Legislature for review; that means, a bill passed in the Senate goes to the House for review. The bill goes through the same process in the second house as it did in the first house.

   
   When a bill is passed by both houses it is sent to the Governor for action. The Governor either signs the bill, allows the bill to become law without his signature, or vetoes the bill. All the laws are compiled to form the Florida Statutes.