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go into effect

Idioms  
  1. see in effect, def. 3.


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The EPA's actions on E15 and E10 go into effect on May 1 -- the agency's official start of the summer season -- for 20 days, the maximum allowable under the Clean Air Act.

From Barron's

Colorado in 2024 passed one of the country’s first bills creating consumer protections, such as preventing AI models from disqualifying job applicants based on race or gender, but it has yet to go into effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

The anti-discrimination law, which adds family or relationship structure as a protected class in the city alongside race, religion, gender and other categories, was finalized Monday and will go into effect in mid-April.

From Los Angeles Times

On the US west coast, an extreme heat watch was scheduled to go into effect for parts of southern California, Arizona and Nevada later this week.

From BBC

The fee increase is not set to go into effect until the airport’s long-awaited automated people mover, known as Skylink, opens in the summer.

From Los Angeles Times