A nice example of the potential complexity of bill "state"

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Sean McGrath

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Aug 19, 2011, 3:25:27 PM8/19/11

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Feast your eyes on this.
http://blogs.loc.gov/law/files/2011/08/US-Congress-Leg-Status-Steps.jpg

Behind the harmless sounding phrase "Bill status" lies a lot of
complexity unless we approach it pragmatically. True this picture is
from Congress but there are equally complex bill state charts present in
some US state legislatures.