Enactment requires completion of all constitutional and legal requirements for the legislation to become binding law.

• Standard legislation requiring executive approval: final passage by all required legislative bodies, executive signature OR becoming law despite executive inaction OR successful veto override, and satisfaction of any required waiting periods
• Legislation not requiring executive approval: final passage and completion of required waiting periods
• Constitutional amendments: passage with required supermajorities and completion of ratification processes
• Executive orders: official signature, publication in official government records, and legal effectiveness

The following do NOT constitute enactment:

• Legislative passage without completed executive action
• Passage by only some required bodies
• Provisional passage
• Non-binding resolutions
• Draft orders

Enactment occurs when all requirements are completed, regardless of pending judicial challenges.