enrolled bill

{{Short description|Legislative bill in the United States that has been enacted by a legislature}}

In the United States Congress, an enrolled bill is the final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both houses of Congress in identical form, and been signed by the clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate.[https://www.senate.gov/about/glossary.htm#enrolled_bill Enrolled bill defined on the U.S. Senate website]{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Key to Versions of Printed Legislation |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/KeytoVersionsofPrintedLegislation.htm |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.senate.gov}}

In the United States, enrolled bills are engrossed—prepared in a formally printed copy—and must be signed by the presiding officers of both houses and sent to the president of the United States for approval.{{usc|1|106}} The practice of engrossing a handwritten copy in the style of an illuminated manuscript fell out of favor in the 1790s. The 1789 Constitution of the United States did receive this treatment.{{cite web |title=Engrossed in the Constitution |author=John H. Lienhard |url=https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1003.htm |access-date=2022-04-08}}