How to Use legislation in a Sentence

legislation

noun

• They passed new state legislation this week.
• One of the important functions of government is legislation.
• More legislation is needed on this matter.
• Two new pieces of legislation are being considered.
• She introduced legislation for protecting the environment.
• Certain animals are protected under state legislation.
• Pringle said he was not involved in adding the new guidelines to the legislation and did not know who was.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• Bills, bills, bills Since legislation is no longer pre-filed, the bills started pouring in with the start of the session.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2024
• Three weeks later, legislation that would have the same effect appeared in the U.S. House.
  — Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
• But even with the agreement, getting the legislation passed through Congress in time for the deadline may be difficult.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
• With hours left before the deadline, the Senate required the unanimous consent of all 100 members to pass the legislation in time.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• Stroebel and Wittke in a memo to colleagues seeking support for the bill said the legislation would give more control over hiring to local school boards.
  — Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
• This legislation would erase that threshold and extend the insurance to.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 July 2023
• People on the broad left are disappointed that Biden didn’t get even more legislation passed.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• As the authors concede, Congress has refused to follow the scheme established by the legislation in all but four years since 1974.
  — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
• The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State.
  — Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
• Whittaker has been a staunch opponent of the bill, and has been meeting with activists and lobbying for the legislation to be changed.
  — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• The legislation comes as Texas is battling with the Biden administration over its efforts to build a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
• If passed, this would be the most significant piece of legislation aimed at keeping kids safe online.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
• And in April, legislation was introduced in Congress to urge all insurers to charge no more than $35 per month for insulin.
  — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
• But in 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the legislation, ruling that sports gambling should be regulated by states.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• The legislation also extends farm bill programs through September, the end of the current fiscal year.
  — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Nov. 2023
• Republicans also want the chance to alter the foreign aid portions of the legislation.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2024
• The spate of legislation comes amid a growing wave of concerns from congressional constituents.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Republicans who oppose the aid say that the money is better spent in the U.S. and it should be paired with legislation to curtail record numbers of crossings at the southern border.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
• The failure to pass a bill is a reprieve for the Georgia film industry, which relies heavily on the incentive and had been watching the legislation closely.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• Even one of the ministers proposing the new law passed on Wednesday, Eugenia Maria Roccella, was careful to stress the limits of legislation.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Lawyers for the state also argued that the text of Section 3 does not include any requirement for Congress to pass enforcement legislation.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• The Department of Health Services has asked for the legislation to include maternal death reviews.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
• When asked about the legislation, a Hobbs spokesperson pointed to her previous vetoes of similar bills.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024