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.