An interest group (i.e. association, commission, society) develops an idea that they believe would make a good law.
 

That group approaches a state senator or representative and asks him/her to sponsor the idea as a bill.
 

If the state legislator agrees to sponsor the bill, he/she takes the idea to the Bureau of Legislative Research, where the idea is drafted into a bill.
 

After the bill is drafted, the legislator introduces the bill to his/her respective chamber (Senate or House of Representatives).
 

The bill is assigned to a committee, where committee members debate and discuss whether the bill should become law.  If the committee passes the bill, it proceeds to the chamber floor.  If the committee does not pass the bill, it dies in committee.
 

Once the bill passes committee, it travels to the chamber floor, in which the bill was introduced.  That legislative body votes to either pass or fail the bill.  If the bill fails, it dies on the chamber floor.
 

If the legislative body passes the bill, it travels to the other side of the state Capitol, and the process begins again.
 

After both the Senate and House of Representatives pass the bill, it travels to the governor’s desk.  The governor has several options.  The governor can veto the bill, and the bill dies.  The governor can sign the bill into law, and the bill becomes an act.  Or the governor can choose to not sign the bill, and the bill becomes law without signature upon adjournment of the legislative session.