Assess students' ability to analyze and compare the procedural steps and key roles involved in a bill becoming law at local and state levels. Test sequencing (introduction, committee review, debate, votes, executive decision), identification of actors (sponsor, committees, council/legislature members, mayor/governor), and evaluation of possible outcomes (passage, amendment, veto, referral, tabling). Include short scenarios requiring students to determine likely outcomes and justify their reasoning; aimed at grades 6–8, medium complexity.