ENROLLED BILL
The final copy of a bill or joint resolution that has passed both houses of a legislature and is ready for signature. In legislative practice, a bill that has
been duly introduced, finally passed by both
houses, signed by the proper officers of each,
approved by the governor (or president), and filed
by the SECRETARY OF STATE.
Under the enrolled bill rule, once an election
for the adoption of a statute is held, the proce-
dural method by which the measure was placed
on the ballot cannot be challenged with a lawsuit
since judicial inquiry into legislative procedure
is barred as an intrusion into the internal affairs
of the lawmaking body. In addition, this rule
enhances the stability of statutory enactments.
Citizens can reasonably rely on the legality of
filed enactments. As a result, an enrolled bill is
the most authoritative source of statutory law in
