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.
• Then there’s the devil in the details of the legislation.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
• Why did the House add the TikTok legislation to the foreign aid bill?
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
• 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
• President Joe Biden’s legislation has a suite of other goals aside from just getting projects off the ground.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
• The legislation has won support from both Democrats and Republicans in the senate, as well as the Teamsters union.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 3 May 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
• On Friday, when the Senate and House are set to reconvene, each could take up the opposite body's legislation.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 30 May 2024
• 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 cleared the Senate on Wednesday in a 30-15 vote along party lines despite several attempts by state Senate Democrats to change the bill.
  — CBS News, 17 May 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
• President Biden signed the legislation into law in April, teeing up a countdown for TikTok's sale.
  — Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
• At least two think tanks that have received funding from fossil fuel companies made campaign donations to the ministers overseeing the legislation.
  — Kara Fox, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024