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hybrid bill

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noun

  1. (in Parliament) a public bill to which the standing orders for private business apply; a bill having a general application as well as affecting certain private interests

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In reality, the hybrid bill only offered "deemed planning permission" - HS2 say they have since needed to acquire more than 8,000 further permissions from councils and other agencies.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

Ministers picked something unusual to make it happen: a hybrid bill, only the third of its kind enacted since 1992.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

The hybrid bill passed and was signed into law by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen in late March.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2023

A supermajority of 33 votes are needed Friday to end debate, after which a simple majority of the Legislature’s 49 lawmakers can pass the hybrid bill.

From Washington Times May 19, 2023

Day after its birth the hybrid bill was rushed to the House floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

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