How a Bill Becomes a Law

June 1, 2010 By 10 Comments

I am fond of infographics because they help to convey a lot of information or complicated data in an easy, digestible way.  This infographic explains the long and complicated way of how a bill becomes law.  The infographic was made by Mike Wirth as his submission for the Design in America competition by Sunlight Labs.

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You can grab the full scale image over on Mike Wirth’s site.

Thought you might find it neat to check out. Now, back to what you were doing.

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  • http://twitter.com/justinlevy justinlevy

    Curious how a bill becomes a law? Check out this infographic http://bit.ly/dmyiVQ #gov20 (cc: @digiphile)

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  • http://twitter.com/jlevymedia jlevymedia

    How a Bill Becomes a Law http://bit.ly/d4rePP

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  • melissaleon

    Inforgraphics are incredibly useful they present info in a very organized way. Its funny this infographic reminds me of the very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle.

  • http://twitter.com/devseo devseo

    http://is.gd/cAYwx – Nice – How a Bill Becomes a Law

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  • http://twitter.com/bradmblake Brad Blake

    I'm a big fan, too. After reading this, I talked to someone in our legislative affairs office. Turns out MA has something along these lines, though not as “hungry caterpillar” visually pleasing (funny, I totally loved that book!). Anyway, here's the one we found that the state has: Legislative Process Overview.

    Things like this are certainly helpful to show people who say, “Can't you change the law on that? How hard can it be?” My fear, though, is that even when nicely represented graphically it still looks super-complicated and might turn off people who want to get involved. But, it's better than the alternative of trying to navigate the system without the helpful graphic!

  • http://primecutsblog.com justinlevy

    I agree! Infographics are a great way to communicate hard or long,
    complicated processes!

  • http://primecutsblog.com justinlevy

    Well, then, let's work on thinking about a way to better help communicate
    hard to understand processes for the community :)

  • http://twitter.com/SCMSJanine SCMSJanine

    Thanks @BroganMedia for point to RT @justinlevy: How a Bill Becomes a Law # http://bit.ly/aLUtQR

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  • http://twitter.com/devseo devseo

    #socialmedia How a Bill Becomes a Law – http://is.gd/cAYwx

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  • http://ariwriter.com Ari Herzog

    You would have loved an infographic I helped create when I worked for the state in 2005 regarding how permitting looked for the average community back before Chapter 43D was passed. It was nasty.