“Under the ‘enrolled bill rule,’ an enrolled bill, properly authenticated and approved by the governor, is conclusive as to regularity of its enactment. Ordinarily, the courts will not go behind the enrolled bill to determine its validity. The supreme court can look behind the enrolled bill only to determine whether the constitutional mandate relative to vote and journal entry upon the final passage have been complied with.” National Conference of State Legislatures, Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure § 702, at 497 (2000).
enrolled bill rule
enrolled-bill rule. The conclusive presumption that a statute, once formalized, appears precisely as the legislature intended, thereby preventing any challenge to the drafting of the bill. [Cases: Statutes 283(2).C.J.S. Statutes §§ 74–75, 77.]
