The Process of Passing a Bill

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This paper reviews how a particular piece of legislative policy evolves on its way to becoming a public law. The law, 108-414 or the Mentally Ill Offenders Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004, is summarized regarding its legislative history. This summary also includes who proposed and sponsored it, its path, how it fared, and the various stakeholders of the bill.

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"On October 30, 2004, the President signed into law a bill that had been working its way through Congress for a year. This law, the Mentally Ill Offenders Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, was introduced in the Senate as a way to decriminalize the nation's mental health systems. After winding its way through the House and onto the President's desk, this piece of legislation looks to take the treatment and care of mentally ill offenders and criminals away from the criminal justice system. However, the history of this bill proved quite interesting in itself. This policy brief will feature the proposal of the bill, the path and history that it took, and how the stakeholders in the bill manipulated its ratification."

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