"private member's bill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-private member's bill.ogg [Australia] Forms: private member's bills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private member's bill (plural private member's bills)
  1. (law, British, Canada, Australia) A proposed law introduced by a member of a legislature who is not acting on behalf of the executive government. Wikipedia link: private member's bill Tags: Australia, British, Canada Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: member's bill Translations (proposed law introduced by a member who is not acting on behalf of the executive): 私人條例草案 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人条例草案 (sīrén tiáolì cǎo'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), wetsvoorstel [neuter] (Dutch), edustaja-aloite (Finnish), aloite (Finnish), proposition de loi [feminine] (French)

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