How can I find out if the President has signed Senate Bill 1745?

Question

Senate Bill 1745 is to help victims of domestic violence. I don't understand the process and to to tell if the bill is actually a law or not.

I have gone to www.leginfo.ca.gov to look up the status of the bill. It says it has been passed, but not sure if that means it still has to be signed or vetoed by the President. I want to find out if it is an actual law now.

Please no more answers telling me to "do a search on it" or "look it up". No offense, but I actually have the intellectual capacity to have thought of that already. I found a website where I can check the status, I am just not sure how to dechiper it. It says that SB 1745 was passed...does that mean it is an actual law now or does it mean that now we are waiting for the President to sign it and make it a law? And if so, what will the status say then, as opposed to "passed".

Answer 1

do a search on it

Answer 2

First, just to be clear, this is a California Bill so when it has cleared both the Assembly and Senate it would be signed by the Governor and not the President. That CA legislature site is very tough to figure out, but my understanding is that it has been amended several times and has passed the Assembly but not yet the Senate and so is not yet on the Governor's desk and a State law.

I know you didn't want to look anything more up, but you may want to check in periodically with Senator Kuehl's staffers to see if it gets signed into law. Kuehl authored/sponsored the bill.

Senator Kuehl
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Sacramento, CA 95814
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http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/templates/SDCTemplate.asp?cp=MemberPage&pg=senhome&sln=Kuehl&sdn=23&zrn=Zone/

Answer 3

If you go to the Library of Congress (thomas.loc.gov) you'll be able to track bills as they go through the process.

The short version of the process is that a bill gets proposed in the House or Senate, rattles around in there and between the two chambers for a while until it either loses momentum or until it is approved by both the House and Senate.

Once approved by both House and Senate, it is presented to the Executive for signature or veto. Or recently, for a signing statement saying "yes it's a law, but I'm not going to follow it".

You can search the Library of Congress website, which is kept reasonably up to date, for the status of any given bill and whether it has been signed or not.

Answer 4

Declaration of independence was passed in 1776, washington became president after that, he was the first president of USA, then howcome he could have signed a bill which was passed by the congress in 1745? Is your question about federal law or a state law?

Answer 5

Senate Bill 1745; Signed by governor

Answer 6

http://thomas.loc.gov/

type in bill # and check legislative history.
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I ran a quick search and founf nothing on this topic. I did find: 26 . [109th] SAFE Act (Introduced in Senate)[S.1796.IS ]o SB 1745. It had not yet been signed into law.

SB 1745 in the 109th Congress involves funding for aid to Katrina victims.

email me with more specific info and I will try to find out for you.

Answer 7

LOOK IT UP! congress.org

Answer 8

www.senate.gov