reform bill
Law improvement measure
A reform bill is proposed legislation aimed at changing existing laws or institutions, typically to address perceived injustices or inefficiencies.
The term often appears in historical contexts—the British Reform Bills of the 1830s expanded voting rights—but applies to any legislative effort seeking systematic improvement: Congress debated the healthcare reform bill for months.
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- committee hearingOfficial legislative questioning session
- amendmentChange to official text
- amendment processMethod for changing laws
third reading · floor vote · roll call · vote · act · law · veto override · lobbying · suffrage · abolition · progressive · debate · senator · petition · ratify · constituent · ballot · statute
- billsrent, mortgage, due dates, balance due, payment reminder
- legislationacts, laws, statutes, act, law
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
reform billstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
conservatism · obstruction · filibuster · veto · inaction
reform billJim Crow laws
Post-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
reform, bill, reforms, reformed, reformer, reformers, reforming, reformation, reformist